Summary
The remote host is missing an update to typespeed
announced via advisory DSA 217-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20217-1
Insight
A problem has been discovered in the typespeed, a game that lets you measure your typematic speed. By overflowing a buffer a local attacker could execute arbitrary commands under the group id games.
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.1-2.1.
For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.0-5.1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.2-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your typespeed package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2002-1389 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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