Summary
The remote host is missing an update to playmidi
announced via advisory DSA 641-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20641-1
Insight
Erik Sjölund discovered that playmidi, a MIDI player, contains a setuid root program with a buffer overflow that can be exploited by a local attacker.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4-4woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4debian-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your playmidi package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-0020 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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