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[DSA035] DSA-035-1 man2html
Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-035-1 man2html

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment
It has been reported that one can tweak man2html remotely
into consuming all available memory. This has been fixed by Nicolás Lichtmaier
with help of Stephan Kulow.

We recommend you upgrade your man2html package immediately.


Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-035
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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