Package : affix Vulnerability : remote command execution Problem-Type : unsafe use of popen Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-2716
Kevin Finisterre reports that affix, a package used to manage bluetooth sessions under Linux, uses the popen call in an unsafe fashion. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on a vulnerable system.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain the affix package.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.1-3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.2-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your affix package.
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 3.1 alias sarge --------------------------------