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[DSA127] DSA-127-1 xpilot-server

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-127-1 xpilot-server

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

An internal audit by the xpilot (a multi-player tactical manoeuvring
game for X) maintainers revealed a buffer overflow in xpilot server.
This overflow can be abused by remote attackers to gain access to
the server under which the xpilot server is running.
This has been fixed in upstream version 4.5.1 and version
4.1.0-4.U.4alpha2.4.potato1 of the Debian package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-127
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 4534

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

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