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[DSA981] DSA-981-1 bmv

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-981-1 bmv

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

"felinemalice" discovered an integer overflow in BMV, a post script viewer
for SVGAlib, that may lead to the execution of arbitrary code through
specially crafted Postscript files.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2-14.3.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2-17sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2-18.
We recommend that you upgrade your bmv package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-981
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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

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