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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 >> [DSA678] DSA-678-1 netkit-rwho Vulnerability Assessment Details
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[DSA678] DSA-678-1 netkit-rwho |
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DSA-678-1 netkit-rwho Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment "Vlad902" discovered a vulnerability in the rwhod program that can be used to crash the listening process. The broadcasting one is unaffected. This vulnerability only affects little endian architectures (i.e. on Debian: alpha, arm, ia64, i386, mipsel, and s390). For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17-4woody2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17-8. We recommend that you upgrade your rwhod package. Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-678 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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