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diff --git a/polish/security/2004/dsa-472.wml b/polish/security/2004/dsa-472.wml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f9ecf94e78b --- /dev/null +++ b/polish/security/2004/dsa-472.wml @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +#use wml::debian::translation-check translation="1.1" maintainer="" +#pddp arteek + +<define-tag description>several vulnerabilities</define-tag> +<define-tag moreinfo> +<p>Steve Kemp and Jaguar discovered a number of buffer overflow +vulnerabilities in vfte, a version of the fte editor which runs on the +Linux console, found in the package fte-console. This program is +setuid root in order to perform certain types of low-level operations +on the console.</p> + +<p>Due to these bugs, setuid privilege has been removed from vfte, making +it only usable by root. We recommend using the terminal version (in +the fte-terminal package) instead, which runs on any capable terminal +including the Linux console.</p> + +<p>For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in +version 0.49.13-15woody1.</p> + +<p>For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in +version 0.50.0-1.1.</p> + +<p>We recommend that you update your fte package.</p> +</define-tag> + +# do not modify the following line +#include "$(ENGLISHDIR)/security/2004/dsa-472.data" |