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[DSA1166] DSA-1166-2 cheesetracker

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1166-2 cheesetracker

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Luigi Auriemma discovered a buffer overflow in the loading component
of cheesetracker, a sound module tracking program, which could permit a
maliciously constructed input file to execute arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.9-1sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.9.9-6.
We recommend that you upgrade your cheesetracker package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1166
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 20060723

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

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