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[DSA1138] DSA-1138-1 cfs

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1138-1 cfs

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Carlo Contavalli discovered an integer overflow in CFS, a cryptographic
filesystem, which permits local users to crash the encryption daemon.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.1-15sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.1-17.
We recommend that you upgrade your cfs package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1138
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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

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