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[DSA318] DSA-318-1 lyskom-server

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-318-1 lyskom-server

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Calle Dybedahl discovered a bug in lyskom-server which could result in
a denial of service where an unauthenticated user could cause the
server to become unresponsive as it processes a large query.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.6-1woody1.
The old stable distribution (potato) does not contain a lyskom-server package.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version
2.0.7-2.
We recommend that you update your lyskom-server package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-318
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 7893

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

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