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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56415
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200603-07 (flex)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200603-07.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200603-07.

Vulnerability Insight:
flex might generate code with a buffer overflow, making applications using
such scanners vulnerable to the execution of arbitrary code.

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

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-devel/flex-2.5.33-r1'

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-2006-0459
16896
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16896
19071
http://secunia.com/advisories/19071
19126
http://secunia.com/advisories/19126
19228
http://secunia.com/advisories/19228
19424
http://secunia.com/advisories/19424
23440
http://www.osvdb.org/23440
570
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/570
ADV-2006-0770
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0770
DSA-1020
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1020
GLSA-200603-07
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-07.xml
USN-260-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/260-1/
[flex-announce] 20060222 flex 2.5.33 released
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=20060223020346.GA11231%40tabitha.home.tldz.org&forum_name=flex-announce
flex-bypass-security(24995)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24995
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flex/flex-2.5.33.tar.bz2?download
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