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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Debian Local Security Checks >> [DSA309] DSA-309-1 eterm Vulnerability Assessment Details
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[DSA309] DSA-309-1 eterm |
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DSA-309-1 eterm Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment "bazarr" discovered that eterm is vulnerable to a buffer overflow of the ETERMPATH environment variable. This bug can be exploited to gain the rights of the group "utmp" on a system where eterm is installed. For the stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.2-0pre2002042903.1. The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected by this bug. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you update your eterm package. Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-309 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 7708 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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