Package : xview Vulnerability : buffer overflows Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0076
Erik Sjölund discovered that programs linked against xview are vulnerable to a number of buffer overflows in the XView library. When the overflow is triggered in a program which is installed setuid root a malicious user could perhaps execute arbitrary code as privileged user.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 3.2p1.4-16woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 3.2p1.4-19.
We recommend that you upgrade your xview 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 --------------------------------