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Bug 77342

Summary:	obscure buffer overflow bug in the DNS resolver code.
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1	Reporter:	Mark J. Cox <mjc>
Component:	webalizer	Assignee:	Than Ngo <than>
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Version:	2.1	Keywords:	Security
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Description Mark J. Cox 2002-11-05 15:04:08 UTC

A buffer overflow in Webalizer versions prior to 2.01-10, when configured
to use reverse DNS lookups, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary
code by connecting to the monitored web server from an IP address that
resolves to a long hostname.

CAN-2002-0180
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=101888467527673 
RHSA-2002:255

Comment 1 Ngo Than 2002-11-05 17:48:51 UTC

It's fixed in 2.01_09-1.72