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[DSA037] DSA-037-1 Athena Widget replacement libraries

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-037-1 Athena Widget replacement libraries

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment
It has been reported that the AsciiSrc and MultiSrc widget
in the Athena widget library handle temporary files insecurely. Joey Hess has
ported the bugfix from XFree86 to these Xaw replacements libraries. The fixes
are available in nextaw 0.5.1-34potato1, xaw3d 1.3-6.9potato1, and xaw95
1.1-4.6potato1.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-037
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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

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