A buffer overflow allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary
code via a long filename in an OBEX file share.
CAN-2005-2277
Missing input sanitising before executing shell commands allow an
attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root.
The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by these problems.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 2.1.1-2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 2.1.2-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your affix package.
Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------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 corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
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