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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1186-1 (cscope)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.1
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
16 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to cscope announced via advisory DSA 1186-1. Will Drewry of the Google Security Team discovered several buffer overflows in cscope, a source browsing tool, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version cscope_15.5-1.1sarge2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 15.5+cvs20060902-1. We recommend that you upgrade your cscope package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201186-1