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TITLE:
Motor ktools VGETSTRING Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20329

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20329/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
Motor 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/10237/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Motor, which potentially can be
exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with
escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to the use of a vulnerable version of
the ktools library.

For more information:
SA17768

The vulnerability has been reported in version 3.4.0. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict use of affected applications to only accept input from
trusted sources.

Some Linux vendors have issued fixed packages.

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17768:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17768/

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