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Debian Security Advisory DSA 590-1 (gnats)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
10.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 gnats announced via advisory DSA 590-1.
Insight
Insight
Khan Shirani discovered a format string vulnerability in gnats, the GNU problem report management system. This problem may be exploited to execute arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.999.beta1+cvs20020303-2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.0-7. We recommend that you upgrade your gnats package.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20590-1