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SSA-2005-310-01 curl/wget

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
SSA-2005-310-01 curl/wget

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

New curl packages are available for Slackware 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2,
and -current, and new wget packages are available for Slackware 8.1,
9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current. These address a buffer
overflow in NTLM handling which may present a security problem, though
no public exploits are known at this time.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3185

Networks Security ID:

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

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