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[DSA590] DSA-590-1 gnats

Family:

Debian Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

This script is (C) 2004 Michel Arboi

Summary:

DSA-590-1 gnats

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2004-0623

Bugtraq_id:

10609

Xrefs:

DSA:590

Description:

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 : http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-590
Risk factor : High