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[DSA1052] DSA-1052-1 cgiirc

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1052-1 cgiirc

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Several buffer overflows have been discovered in cgiirc, a web-based
IRC client, which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain cgiirc packages.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 0.5.4-6sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 0.5.4-6sarge1.
We recommend that you upgrade your cgiirc package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1052
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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