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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
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