Summary
The remote host is missing an update to curl
announced via advisory DSA 919-2.
The upstream developer of curl, a multi-protocol file transfer library, informed us that the former correction to several off-by-one errors are not sufficient. For completeness please find the original bug description below:
Stefan Esser discovered several off-by-one errors that allows local users to trigger a buffer overflow and cause a denial of service or bypass PHP security restrictions via certain URLs.
For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 7.9.5-1woody2.
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 7.13.2-2sarge5.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 7.15.1-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libcurl packages.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20919-2
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-4077 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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