Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55134
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:755
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2005:755. Elm is a terminal mode email client. A buffer overflow flaw in Elm was discovered that was triggered by viewing a mailbox containing a message with a carefully crafted 'Expires' header. An attacker could create a malicious message that would execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user who received it. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-2665 to this issue. Users of Elm should update to this updated package, which contains a backported patch that corrects this issue. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-755.html Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.5
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 15117 BugTraq ID: 14613 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2665 1014745 http://securitytracker.com/id?1014745 14613 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14613 15117 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15117 16508 http://secunia.com/advisories/16508 16554 http://secunia.com/advisories/16554 17475 http://secunia.com/advisories/17475 20050820 [RETRO AUDITING] Elm remote buffer overflow in Expires header http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-08/0688.html 20050822 ELM < 2.5.8 Remote Exploit POC http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112472951529964&w=2 GLSA-200510-15 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-15.xml MDKSA-2005:186 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:186 RHSA-2005:755 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-755.html SA-2005.47 http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9670 SSA:2005-310-03 http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.423056 SSA:2005-311 http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.419306
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