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[DSA401] DSA-401-1 hylafax

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-401-1 hylafax

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The SuSE Security Team discovered several exploitable formats string
vulnerabilities in hylafax, a flexible client/server fax system, which
could lead to executing arbitrary code as root on the fax server.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.1.1-1.3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.1.8-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your hylafax packages.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-401
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 9005

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

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