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TITLE:
Debian update for chasen

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47135

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-12-08

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DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for chasen. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing strings
and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the apt-get package manager.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Kenji Aiko, NetAgent Co via JVN.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
DSA-2361-1:
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2361

JVN:
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN16901583/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2011/JVNDB-2011-000099.html

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