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[DSA869] DSA-869-1 eric

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-869-1 eric

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The developers of eric, a full featured Python IDE, have fixed a bug
in the processing of project files that could lead to the execution of
arbitrary code.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain an eric package.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.6.2-2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.7.2-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your eric package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-869
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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

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