Debian DSA-2145-1: Critical Libsmi Buffer Overflow Remote Threat
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January 16, 2011
Andres Lopez Luksenberg discovered a buffer overflow in the OID parser of libsmi, a library to access SMI MIB data
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Summary
Andres Lopez Luksenberg discovered a buffer overflow in the OID parser
of libsmi, a library to access SMI MIB data.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.4.7+dfsg-0.2.
For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.4.8+dfsg2-3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.4.8+dfsg2-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your libsmi packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: libsmi
CVE ID: CVE-2010-2891
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