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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50980
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2003:009 (WindowMaker)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2003:009.

Window Maker is an X11 window manager that emulates the look and feel
of the NeXTSTEP graphical user interface.

Al Viro found a buffer overflow in Window Maker 0.80.0 and earlier which
may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a certain
image file that is not properly handled when Window Maker uses width and
height information to allocate a buffer. A user can exploit this
vulnerability, for example, by opening a malicious theme.

Users of Window Maker are advised to upgrade to these updated packages
which contain a patch to correct this vulnerability.

Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-009.html

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.5

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 6119
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-1277
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6119
Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2002:548
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000548
Debian Security Information: DSA-190 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-190
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-085.php
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-009.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-043.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10560.php
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