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Debian Security Advisory DSA 753-1 (gedit)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to gedit announced via advisory DSA 753-1. A format string vulnerability has been discovered in gedit, a light-weight text editor for GNOME, that may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a binary file with format string specifiers in the filename. Since gedit supports opening files via http:// URLs (through GNOME vfs) and other schemes, this might be a remotely exploitable vulnerability. The old stable distribution (woody) is not vulnerable to this problem.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.3-4sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.10.3-1. We recommend that you upgrade your gedit package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20753-1