Slackware Linux 15.0 / current nvi Vulnerability (SSA:2026-063-01)

The version of nvi installed on the remote host is prior to 1.81.6. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SSA:2026-063-01 advisory. New nvi packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Tenable has extracted the preceding description...

CVE-2001-1562

CVE-2001-1562 affects the nvi editor; it is a format string vulnerability in which, before version 1.79, local users could gain privileges via format specifiers embedded in a filename. The Debian advisory DSA-085-1 and OpenVAS entries reiterate that nvi (and nvi-m17n) needed updates to address th...

[SECURITY] New version of nvi released

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Wichert Akkerman January 9, 2000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package: nvi Vulnerability type: local...