Secunia Security Advisory - Debian has issued an update for clearsilver. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
Debian update for clearsilver
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47016
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RELEASE DATE:
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DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for clearsilver. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a
DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise an application
using the library.
The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error in the
"p_cgi_error()" function (python/neo_cgi.c). This can be exploited to
e.g. disclose or potentially corrupt memory if malicious input
containing format string specifiers is passed to the "error()" method
of the CGI handler context.
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the apt-get package manager.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Leo Iannacone and Colin Watson.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
DSA-2355-1:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2011/msg00233.html
Debian Bug#649322:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=649322
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