Debian: DSA-2361-1: chasen security update

Date 07 Dec 2011

Category Debian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

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Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

It was discovered that ChaSen, a Japanese morphological analysis system, contains a buffer overflow, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution in programs using the library.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2361-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                            Florian Weimer
December 07, 2011                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : chasen
Vulnerability  : buffer overflow
Problem type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CVE-2011-4000 

It was discovered that ChaSen, a Japanese morphological analysis
system, contains a buffer overflow, potentially leading to arbitrary
code execution in programs using the library.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.4-2+lenny2.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.4-11+squeeze2.

We recommend that you upgrade your chasen packages.

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