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Debian Security Advisory DSA 604-1 (hpsockd)
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 hpsockd announced via advisory DSA 604-1.
Insight
Insight
infamous41md discovered a buffer overflow condition in hpsockd, the socks server written at Hewlett-Packard. An exploit could cause the program to crash or may have worse effect. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.14. We recommend that you upgrade your hpsockd package.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20604-1