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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53456
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian Security Advisory DSA 217-1 (typespeed)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to typespeed
announced via advisory DSA 217-1.

A problem has been discovered in the typespeed, a game that lets you
measure your typematic speed. By overflowing a buffer a local
attacker could execute arbitrary commands under the group id games.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 0.4.1-2.1.

For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed
in version 0.4.0-5.1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.4.2-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your typespeed package.


Solution:
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20217-1

CVSS Score:
4.6

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-1389
BugTraq ID: 6485
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6485
Debian Security Information: DSA-217 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-217
XForce ISS Database: typespeed-command-line-bo(10936)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10936
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