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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51428 |
Category: | Conectiva Local Security Checks |
Title: | Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2003:665 |
Summary: | NOSUMMARY |
Description: | Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLA-2003:665. Kopete is a KDE instant messaging system with support for multiple protocols. A vulnerability[1] in the GnuPG plugin in kopete versions prior to 0.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands in the client context by sending specially crafted messages to it. This update includes kopete 0.6.2, which fixes this vulnerability and adds several other bugfixes. A complete changelog[2] can be seen in the project's home page. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name CVE-2003-0256 to this issue[3]. Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade' http://bugzilla.conectiva.com.br/show_bug.cgi?id=8770 http://kopete.kde.org/index.php?page=newsstory&news=Kopete_releases_version_0.6.2 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0256 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2003:665 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=002003 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.5 |
Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0256 Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2003:665 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000665 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:055 |
Copyright | Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com |
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