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Debian 2012: DSA-2576-1 Critical: Trousers Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey November 23, 2012
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Debian DSA-2576-1 advisory highlights trousers update addressing a critical denial of service issue by Andy Lutomirski.
Andy Lutomirski discovered that tcsd (the TPM userspace daemon) was missing a of input validation

Summary

Andy Lutomirski discovered that tcsd (the TPM userspace daemon) was missing a
of input validation. Using carefully crafted input, it can lead to a denial of
service by making the daemon crash with a segmentation fault.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.3.5-2+squeeze1.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.3.9-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.3.9-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your trousers 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: trousersVulnerability : denial of service
CVE ID: CVE-2012-0698

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