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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53037
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:502
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2005:502.

Sysreport is a utility that gathers information about a system's hardware
and configuration. The information can then be used for diagnostic purposes
and debugging.

When run by the root user, sysreport includes the contents of the
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date configuration file. If up2date has been
configured to connect to a proxy server that requires an authentication
password, that password is included in plain text in the system report.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name
CVE-2005-1760 to this issue.

Users of sysreport should update to this erratum package, which contains a
patch that removes any proxy authentication passwords.

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-2005-502.html

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.5

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 13936
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1760
1014181
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014181
13936
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13936
15675
http://secunia.com/advisories/15675
RHSA-2005:502
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-502.html
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:623
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A623
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9522
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9522
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