Summary
The remote host is missing an update to pango1.0
announced via advisory DSA 2178-1.
Solution
The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected by this problem.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.28.3-1+squeeze2.
For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your pango1.0 packages.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202178-1
Insight
It was discovered that pango did not check for memory allocation failures, causing a NULL pointer dereference with an adjustable offset. This can lead to application crashes and potentially arbitrary code execution.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-0064 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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