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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53463
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-625-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pcal' package(s) announced via the DSA-625-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pcal' package(s) announced via the DSA-625-1 advisory.

Vulnerability 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.

Affected Software/OS:
'pcal' package(s) on Debian 3.0.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-1289
http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/pcal.txt
XForce ISS Database: pcal-getline-pcalutil-bo(18552)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18552
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