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[DSA924] DSA-924-1 nbd

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-924-1 nbd

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Kurt Fitzner discovered a buffer overflow in nbd, the network block
device client and server that could potentially permit arbitrary code on
the NBD server.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2cvs20020320-3.woody.3.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.7.3-3sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your nbd-server package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-924
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2006 Michel Arboi

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