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[DSA855] DSA-855-1 weex

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-855-1 weex

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Ulf Härnhammar from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a
format string vulnerability in weex, a non-interactive FTP client for
updating web pages, that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code
on the clients machine.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.6.1-4woody2.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.6.1-6sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.6.1-6sarge1.
We recommend that you upgrade your weex package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-855
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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