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Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 717-1] New lsh packages fix several vulnerabilities



Hi,

> CAN-2003-0826
> 
>     Bennett Todd discovered a heap buffer overflow in lshd which could
>     lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

This vulnerability was reported 18 months ago. Is it possible to know:
- why it wasn't fixed in the meantime
-how it was found out it hadn't been done?

If Debian was the only distrib late, should I consider this security
status Debian specific?

Jerome



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