Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50763
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2003:107 (glibc)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to glibc announced via advisory MDKSA-2003:107. A bug was discovered in the getgrouplist function in glibc that can cause a buffer overflow if the size of the group list is too small to hold all the user's groups. This overflow can cause segementation faults in various user applications, some of which may lead to additional security problems. The problem can only be triggered if the user is in a larger number of groups than expected by an application. The provided packages are patched to address this issue. Affected versions: 9.0, 9.1, Corporate Server 2.1, Multi Network Firewall 8.2 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-2003:107 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0689 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.5
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0689 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-249.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-325.html
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