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Debian Security Advisory DSA 487-1 (neon)

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

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Summary

The remote host is missing an update to neon announced via advisory DSA 487-1.

Insight

Insight

Multiple format string vulnerabilities were discovered in neon, an HTTP and WebDAV client library. These vulnerabilities could potentially be exploited by a malicious WebDAV server to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process using libneon. For the current stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 0.19.3-2woody3. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 0.24.5-1. We recommend that you update your neon package.

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20487-1

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