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cfingerd Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
Patches are available against cfingerd 1.4.3 that address the syslog format-string bugs and a single NULL-byte buffer overflow issue:


Infodrom cfingerd 1.4 .1

• Debian cfingerd_1.4.1-1.1 Source diff
  Source patch to cfingerd 1.4.1
  http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/cfingerd_1 .4.1-1.1.diff.gz


• Debian cfingerd_1.4.1-1.1 alpha
  Patched release of cfingerd 1.4.1
  http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/cfin gerd_1.4.1-1.1_alpha.deb


• Debian cfingerd_1.4.1-1.1 arm
  Patched release of cfingerd 1.4.1
  http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/cfinge rd_1.4.1-1.1_arm.deb


• Debian cfingerd_1.4.1-1.1 i386
  Patched release of cfingerd 1.4.1
  http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/cfing erd_1.4.1-1.1_i386.deb


• Debian cfingerd_1.4.1-1.1 m68k
  Patched release of cfingerd 1.4.1
  http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/cfing erd_1.4.1-1.1_m68k.deb


• Debian cfingerd_1.4.1-1.1 powerpc
  Patched release of cfingerd 1.4.1
  http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/cf ingerd_1.4.1-1.1_powerpc.deb


• Debian cfingerd_1.4.1-1.1 sparc
  Patched release of cfingerd 1.4.1
  http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/cfin gerd_1.4.1-1.1_sparc.deb


• Progeny cfingerd_1.4.1-1.1
  http://archive.progeny.com/progeny/updates/newton/cfingerd_1.4.1-1.1_i 386.deb

Infodrom cfingerd 1.4 .3

• Megyer Laszlo cfingerd patch
  http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/patches/cfingerd-1.4 .3.diff