Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50681
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2003:016 (util-linux)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to util-linux announced via advisory MDKSA-2003:016. The util-linux package provides the mcookie utility, a tool for generating random cookies that can be used for X authentication. The util-linux packages that were distributed with Mandrake Linux 8.2 and 9.0 had a patch that made it use /dev/urandom instead of /dev/random, which resulted in the mcookie being more predictable than it would otherwise be. This patch has been removed in these updates, giving mcookie a better source of entropy and making the generated cookies less predictable. Thanks to Dirk Mueller for pointing this out. Affected versions: 8.2, 9.0 Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2003:016 Risk factor : High
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