Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53021
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-138-1 (gedit)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to gedit announced via advisory USN-138-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) The following packages are affected: gedit A format string vulnerability has been discovered in gedit. Calling the program with specially crafted file names caused a buffer overflow, which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the gedit user. This becomes security relevant if e. g. your web browser is configued to open URLs in gedit. If you never open untrusted file names or URLs in gedit, this flaw does not affect you. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 2.8.1-0ubuntu1.1 (for Ubuntu 4.10) and 2.10.2-0ubuntu2 (for Ubuntu 5.04). In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-138-1 Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 2.6
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1686 Bugtraq: 20050520 pst.advisory: gedit fun. opensource is god .lol windows (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111661117701398&w=2 Debian Security Information: DSA-753 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-753 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-09.xml https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1245 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9845 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-499.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2005:036 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/138-1/
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