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[DSA991] DSA-991-1 zoo

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-991-1 zoo

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Jean-Sébastien Guay-Leroux discovered a buffer overflow in zoo, a
utility to manipulate zoo archives, that could lead to the execution
of arbitrary code when unpacking a specially crafted zoo archive.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.10-9woody0.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.10-11sarge0.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.10-17.
We recommend that you upgrade your zoo package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-991
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 16790

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

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