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[DSA1221] DSA-1221-1 libgsf

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1221-1 libgsf

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

"infamous41md" discovered a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in
libgsf, a GNOME library for reading and writing structured file
formats, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.11.1-1sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.14.2-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libgsf packages.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1221
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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

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