Thursday, August 5, 2010

Debian Security : New cabextract packages fix arbitrary code execution vulnerability

Users of Debian Security please be advised of a New cabextract packages fix arbitrary code execution vulnerability that has been identified.

To view this vulnerability, possible remedies, and others please check out the Security Advisories at Critical Watch (http://criticalwatch.com/support/security-advisories.aspx)

Amplify’d from www.criticalwatch.com
DSA 2087-1: DSA 2087-1 New cabextract packages fix arbitrary code execution
Debian Security
It was discovered that a programming error in the archive test mode of

cabextract, a program to extract Microsoft Cabinet files, could lead to

the execution of arbitrary code.Read more at www.criticalwatch.com
 

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