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Family: Debian Local Security Checks --> Category: infos
[DSA1186] DSA-1186-1 cscope Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary DSA-1186-1 cscope
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
Will Drewry of the Google Security Team discovered several buffer overflows
in cscope, a source browsing tool, which might lead to the execution of
arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 15.5-1.1sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 15.5+cvs20060902-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your cscope package.
Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1186
Threat Level: High
Click HERE for more information and discussions on this network vulnerability scan.
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