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>> Debian Security Update Fixes Convert-UUlib Vulnerability
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Title : Debian Security Update Fixes Convert-UUlib Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-0586
CVE ID : CVE-2005-1349
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-05-23
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Debian has released a security patch to correct a vulnerability identified in Convert-UUlib . This flaw is due to a buffer overflow error when handling a malformed parameter, which may be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
Affected Products
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
Debian GNU/Linux unstable (sid)
Solution
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody) - Upgrade to version 0.201-2woody1
Debian GNU/Linux unstable (sid) - Upgrade to version 1.0.5.1-1
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0586
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-727
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Mark Martinec and Robert Lewis
ChangeLog
2005-05-23 : Initial release
Vulnerability Management
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