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[DSA383] DSA-383-2 ssh-krb5

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-383-2 ssh-krb5

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Several bugs have been found in OpenSSH's buffer handling. It is not
known if these bugs are exploitable, but as a precaution an upgrade is
advised.
DSA-383-2:
This advisory is an addition to the earlier DSA-383-1 advisory: Solar
Designer found four more bugs in OpenSSH that may be exploitable.
For the Debian stable distribution these bugs have been fixed in version
1:3.4p1-0woody4.
We recommend that you update your ssh-krb5 package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-383
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 8628

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2006 Michel Arboi

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