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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56854
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1084-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'typespeed' package(s) announced via the DSA-1084-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'typespeed' package(s) announced via the DSA-1084-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Niko Tyni discovered a buffer overflow in the processing of network data in typespeed, a game for testing and improving typing speed, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.1-2.4.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.4-8sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.4-10.

We recommend that you upgrade your typespeed packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'typespeed' package(s) on Debian 3.0, Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-1515
BugTraq ID: 18194
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18194
Debian Security Information: DSA-1084 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1084
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-20.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/20379
http://secunia.com/advisories/20393
http://secunia.com/advisories/20708
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2087
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