Summary
The remote host is missing an update to wxwindows2.4 wxwidgets2.6 wxwidgets2.8 announced via advisory DSA 1890-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201890-1
Insight
Tielei Wang has discovered an integer overflow in wxWidgets, the wxWidgets Cross-platform C++ GUI toolkit, which allows the execution of arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG file.
For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.5.1.1+etch1 for wxwindows2.4 and version 2.6.3.2.1.5+etch1 for wxwidgets2.6.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.3.2.2-3+lenny1 for wxwidgets2.6 and version 2.8.7.1-1.1+lenny1 for wxwidgets2.8.
For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem will be fixed soon.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.7.1-2 for wxwidgets2.8 and will be fixed soon for wxwidgets2.6.
We recommend that you upgrade your wxwidgets packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-2369 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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