Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A heap-based buffer overflow was found in GNU ed that allowed context-dependent or user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename (CVE-2008-3916).
This update provides GNU ed 1.0, which is not vulnerable to this issue.
Affected
ed on Mandriva Linux 2007.1,
Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2008.0,
Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2008.1,
Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-3916 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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