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[DSA414] DSA-414-1 jabber

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-414-1 jabber

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

A vulnerability was discovered in jabber, an instant messaging server,
whereby a bug in the handling of SSL connections could cause the
server process to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 1.4.2a-1.1woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.3-1.
We recommend that you update your jabber package.


Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-414
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 9376

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

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