Vulnerability Assessment & Network Security Forums

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 >> [DSA315] DSA-315-1 gnocatan

Vulnerability Assessment Details

[DSA315] DSA-315-1 gnocatan

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-315-1 gnocatan

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Bas Wijnen discovered that the gnocatan server is vulnerable to
several buffer overflows which could be exploited to execute arbitrary
code on the server system.
For the stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.6.1-5woody2.
The old stable distribution (potato) does not contain a gnocatan package.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you update your gnocatan package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-315
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 7877

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

Cables, Connectors