Package : turqstat Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-2658
Peter Karlsson discovered a buffer overflow in Turquoise SuperStat, a program for gathering statistics from Fidonet and Usenet, that can be exploited by a specially crafted NNTP server.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1woody1.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.4-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your turqstat 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 - --------------------------------