Summary
The remote host is missing an update to devil
announced via advisory DSA 1717-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201717-1
Insight
Stefan Cornelius discovered a buffer overflow in devil, a cross-platform image loading and manipulation toolkit, which could be triggered via a crafted Radiance RGBE file. This could potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.7-5+etch1.
For the testing distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.8-rc2-3+lenny1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.5-4.
We recommend that you upgrade your devil package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-5262 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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