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Debian 3.1: DSA 1214-1 Critical: gv Package Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey November 20, 2006
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Ensure to update your gv package on Debian to address buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could allow arbitrary code execution, following the recommendations set forth in advisory DSA 1214-1.
Updated package.

Summary


For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been
fixed in version 3.6.2-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.6.2-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your gv 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

Size/MD5 checksum: 562 a6882dd7ad872c388de651464046bff1
Size/MD5 checksum: 30773 0b08b9588e0a4d58e6a13ef3f857a8ba
Size/MD5 checksum: 453921 ace080d647b70f46fca7946e9543b79e

Alpha architecture:

Size/MD5 checksum: 204990 cf...

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