Summary
The remote host is missing an update to cscope
announced via advisory DSA 1186-1.
Will Drewry of the Google Security Team discovered several buffer overflows in cscope, a source browsing tool, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version cscope_15.5-1.1sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 15.5+cvs20060902-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your cscope package.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201186-1
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2006-4262 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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