Package : netkit-telnet-ssl Vulnerability : format string Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-0998
Joel Eriksson discovered a format string vulnerability in telnetd-ssl which may be able to lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the victims machine.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17.17+0.1-2woody3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17.24+0.1-6.
We recommend that you upgrade your immediately 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 --------------------------------