TITLE:
Red Hat less Binary File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14029

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14029/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2536/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
http://secunia.com/product/2535/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2534/

DESCRIPTION:
Victor Ashik has reported a vulnerability in less in Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3, which potentially can be exploited by malicious
people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of binary
files. This can be exploited to cause a heap based buffer overflow by
tricking a user into opening a specially crafted binary file.

Success exploitation may lead to execution of arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Victor Ashik

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-068.html

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