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NetBSD talkd Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
NetBSD has released an advisory. Users are advised to upgrade the talkd binary.

Users of NetBSD-current are advised to upgrade to NetBSD-current dated 2002-09-20 or later. Users of NetBSD 1.6 are advised to upgrade from NetBSD 1.6 sources dated 2002-10-03 or later. Users of NetBSD 1.5 through 1.5.3 from NetBSD 1.5.* sources dated 2002-09-20 or later. Further details are available in the referenced advisory.