Package : hylafax Vulnerability : format strings Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Id : CAN-2003-0886
The SuSE Security Team discovered several exploitable formats string vulnerabilities in hylafax, a flexible client/server fax system, which could lead to executing arbitrary code as root on the fax server.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.1-1.3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.8-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your hylafax 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 --------------------------------