Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in NetBSD, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
NetBSD file "file_printf()" Integer Underflow Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29179
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29179/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
DoS, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
NetBSD 3.1
http://secunia.com/product/16089/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in NetBSD, which potentially can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA24548
SOLUTION:
Updated source packages are available (see vendor advisory for
further details).
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-001.txt.asc
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24548:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24548/
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