Summary
The remote host is missing an update to imlib
announced via advisory DSA 548-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20548-1
Insight
Marcus Meissner discovered a heap overflow error in imlib, an imaging library for X and X11, that could be abused by an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vicims machine.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.14-2wody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.14-17 of imlib and in version 1.9.14-16 of imlib+png2.
We recommend that you upgrade your imlib1 packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0817 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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