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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50724
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2003:064 (kon2)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to kon2
announced via advisory MDKSA-2003:064.

A vulnerability was discovered in kon2, a Kanji emulator for the
console. A buffer overflow in the command line parsing can be
exploited, leading to local users being able to gain root privileges.

These updated packages provide a fix for this vulnerability.

Affected versions: 8.2, 9.0, 9.1, Corporate Server 2.1

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-2003:064
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-1155

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.2

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-1155
Bugtraq: 20030603 kon2_exploit!! (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105474080512376&w=2
Bugtraq: 20030616 Next kon2root - Redhat 9 (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105577912106710&w=2
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:064
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-047.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-050.html
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