Package : libgtop2 Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2007-0235 Debian Bug : 407020
Liu Qishuai discovered that the GNOME gtop library performs insufficient sanitising when parsing the system's /proc table, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.0-4sarge1.
For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 2.14.4-3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.14.4-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your libgtop2 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 3.1 alias sarge - --------------------------------