Debian 3.0 DSA 521-1 Critical: Sup Format String Remote Code Execution

CAN-2004-0451: format string vulnerabilities in sup via syslog(3) in
logquit, logerr, loginfo functions

For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been
fixed in version 1.8-8woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you update your sup package.

Upgrade Instructions
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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 3.0 alias woody

Source archives:


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