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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51511 |
Category: | Conectiva Local Security Checks |
Title: | Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2002:476 |
Summary: | NOSUMMARY |
Description: | Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLA-2002:476. webalizer[1][4] is a program which analyzes web server log files and generates lots of useful statistics. Spybreak reported[2] a buffer overflow vulnerability[3] in the DNS resolver code. This flaw could possibly be exploited by a remote attacker in control of a DNS server which would be queried by the webalizer program. Webalizer in Conectiva Linux is not executed by default, it is necessary for the user to configure and enable a cron job for it to run. Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2002:476 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=002002 Risk factor : High |
Copyright | Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com |
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