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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55008
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200508-03 (nbsmtp)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200508-03.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200508-03.

Vulnerability Insight:
nbSMTP is vulnerable to a format string vulnerability which may result in
remote execution of arbitrary code.

Solution:
All nbSMTP users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-mta/nbsmtp-1.0'

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2409
BugTraq ID: 14441
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14441
http://people.freebsd.org/~niels/issues/nbsmtp-20050726.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/16279
http://secunia.com/advisories/16324
XForce ISS Database: nbsmtp-format-string(21674)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21674
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