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Package : ssh
Vulnerability : buffer handling
Problem type : possible remote
Debian-specific: no
CVS references : CAN-2003-0693 CAN-2003-0695
This advisory is an addition to the earlier DSA-382-1 advisory: two more
buffer handling problems have been found in addition to the one
described in DSA-382-1. It is not known if these bugs are exploitable,
but as a precaution an upgrade is advised.
For the Debian stable distribution these bugs have been fixed in version
1:3.4p1-1.woody.2 .
Please note that if a machine is setup to install packages from
proposed-updates it will not automatically install this update.
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 th...
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