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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52816 |
Category: | Ubuntu Local Security Checks |
Title: | Ubuntu USN-133-1 (apache) |
Summary: | NOSUMMARY |
Description: | Description: The remote host is missing an update to apache announced via advisory USN-133-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) The following packages are affected: apache-utils A buffer overflow was discovered in the htpasswd utility. This could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking htpasswd. This is only a security vulnerability if you have a website that offers a public interface to htpasswd without checking the input beforehand however, this is very unusual. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 1.3.31-6ubuntu0.7. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-133-1 http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/17413 Risk factor : High |
Copyright | Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com |
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