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[DSA320] DSA-320-1 mikmod

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-320-1 mikmod

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Ingo Saitz discovered a bug in mikmod whereby a long filename inside
an archive file can overflow a buffer when the archive is being read
by mikmod.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.1.6-4woody3.
For old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.1.6-2potato3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version
3.1.6-6.
We recommend that you update your mikmod package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-320
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 7914

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

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