Package : xemacs21 Vulnerability : format string Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0100
Max Vozeler discovered several format string vulnerabilities in the movemail utility of Emacs, the well-known editor. Via connecting to a malicious POP server an attacker can execute arbitrary code under the privileges of group mail.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 21.4.6-8woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 21.4.16-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your emacs packages.
Upgrade Instructions --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody --------------------------------