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Debian: DSA-2612-2 Moderate: ircd-ratbox Remote Programming Issue

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Calendar Grey February 10, 2013
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This notification addresses a flaw in ircd-ratbox affecting Debian installations. Review specifics for patch application.
This update to the previous ircd-ratbox DSA only raises the version number to ensure that a higher version is used than a previously binNMU on some architectures
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Summary

This update to the previous ircd-ratbox DSA only raises the version number
to ensure that a higher version is used than a previously binNMU on some
architectures.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.0.6.dfsg-2+squeeze1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ircd-ratbox 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/



Package: ircd-ratbox
CVE ID: CVE-2012-6084

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