Package : dia Vulnerability : programming error Problem type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-2966 BugTraq ID : 15000
"infamous41md" discovered three buffer overflow errors in the xfig import code of dia, a diagram editor, that can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 0.88.1-3woody1.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.94.0-7sarge3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.94.0-18.
We recommend that you upgrade your dia 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 - --------------------------------