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It was discovered that an integer overflow in the "Probe Request" packet
parser of the Ralinktech wireless drivers might lead to remote denial of
service or the execution of arbitrary code.
Please note that you need to rebuild your driver from the source
package in order to set this update into effect. Detailed
instructions can be found in /usr/share/doc/rt2570-source/README.Debian
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1.0+cvs20060620-3+etch1.
For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny) and the unstable
distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version
1.1.0+cvs20080623-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your rt2570 package.
Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install correc...
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