Summary
The remote host is missing an update to htget
announced via advisory DSA 611-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20611-1
Insight
infamous41md discovered a buffer overflow in htget, a file grabber that will get files from HTTP servers. It is possible to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code by accessing a malicious URL.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.93-1.1woody1.
This package is not present in the testing and unstable distributions.
We recommend that you upgrade your htget package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0852 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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