Package : typespeed Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2006-1515
Niko Tyni discovered a buffer overflow in the processing of network data in typespeed, a game for testing and improving typing speed, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.1-2.4.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.4-8sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.4-10.
We recommend that you upgrade your typespeed 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 at the end of this advisory:
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 - --------------------------------