Package : maxdb-7.5.00 Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2006-4305 Debian Bug : 386182
Oliver Karow discovered that the WebDBM frontend of the MaxDB database performs insufficient sanitising of requests passed to it, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 7.5.00.24-4.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your maxdb-7.5.00 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 3.1 alias sarge - --------------------------------