Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53036
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:499
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2005:499. gEdit is a small text editor designed specifically for the GNOME GUI desktop. A file name format string vulnerability has been discovered in gEdit. It is possible for an attacker to create a file with a carefully crafted name which, when the file is opened, executes arbitrary instructions on a victim's machine. Although it is unlikely that a user would manually open a file with such a carefully crafted file name, a user could, for example, be tricked into opening such a file from within an email client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-1686 to this issue. Users of gEdit should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-499.html 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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