Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51499
Category:	Conectiva Local Security Checks
Title:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2002:460
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLA-2002:460. Pine is a mail and news text based client developed by the Washington University[1]. A vulnerability[2] in the pine URL handler was discovered that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands in the user's machine by encapsulating them in a URL using environment variables. This vulnerability only affects users whith the msg-view-url option enabled (which is not the default). It was originally discovered[3] by Jim Hebert on November 18, 1999, rediscovered by zen-parse on October 20, 2001 and reannounced to Bugtraq on January 5, 2002. Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade' http://www.washington.edu/pine/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3815 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/35296 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2002:460 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=002002 Risk factor : High
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