Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53504
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 678-1 (netkit-rwho)
Summary:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 678-1 (netkit-rwho)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to netkit-rwho announced via advisory DSA 678-1. Vlad902 discovered a vulnerability in the rwhod program that can be used to crash the listening process. The broadcasting one is unaffected. This vulnerability only affects little endian architectures (i.e. on Debian: alpha, arm, alpha, ia64, i386, mipsel and s390). For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17-4woody2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17-8. We recommend that you upgrade your rwhod package. Solution: http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20678-1
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-1180 Debian Security Information: DSA-678 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-678 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:039 http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/81_i386.html http://secunia.com/advisories/14309
Copyright	Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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