Summary
The remote host is missing an update to pcal
announced via advisory DSA 625-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20625-1
Insight
Danny Lungstrom discovered two buffer overflows in pcal, a program to generate Postscript calendars, that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code when compiling a calendar.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 4.7-8woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 4.8.0-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your pcal package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-1289 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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