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[DSA650] DSA-650-1 sword

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-650-1 sword

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Ulf Härnhammar discovered that due to missing input sanitising in
diatheke, a CGI script for making and browsing a bible website, it is
possible to execute arbitrary commands via a specially crafted URL.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5.3-3woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your diatheke package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-650
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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

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