Package : neon Vulnerability : format string Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Ids : CAN-2004-0179
Multiple format string vulnerabilities were discovered in neon, an HTTP and WebDAV client library. These vulnerabilities could potentially be exploited by a malicious WebDAV server to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process using libneon.
For the current stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 0.19.3-2woody3.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 0.24.5-1.
We recommend that you update your neon 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 3.0 alias woody --------------------------------