Debian DSA-1622-1 Critical: Newsx Buffer Overflow Remote Execution
debian
July 31, 2008
It was discovered that newsx, an NNTP news exchange utility, was affected
by a buffer overflow allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code
via a news article containing a...
Topics Covered
Summary
For the testing (lenny) and unstable distribution (sid), this problem has
been fixed in version 1.6-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your newsx 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
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
Size/MD5 checksum: 601 a96fab9796a6947419d0fa8b116117d1
Size/MD5 checksum: 302553 45d7b7655c7e30c22321f41d701bb6f4
Size/MD5 checksum: 105510 6d0b8e91489284a99d7e3d1d1a18438a
alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)
Size/MD5 checksum: 179232 a1e5978150fdc4e85ae5429df50dce14
amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))
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