Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54107
Category:	SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:	SuSE Security Advisory SUSE-SA:2003:017 (file)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory SUSE-SA:2003:017. The file command can be used to determine the type of files. iDEFENSE published a security report about a buffer overflow in the handling-routines for the ELF file-format. In conjunction with other mechanisms like print-filters, cron-jobs, eMail-scanners (like AMaViS) and alike this vulnerability can be used to gain higher privileges or to compromise the system remotely. Solution: Update your system with the packages as indicated in the referenced security advisory. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=SUSE-SA:2003:017 Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 4.6
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0102 BugTraq ID: 7008 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7008 Bugtraq: 20030304 [OpenPKG-SA-2003.017] OpenPKG Security Advisory (file) (Google Search) Bugtraq: 20030304 iDEFENSE Security Advisory 03.04.03: Locally Exploitable Buffer Overflow in file(1) (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104680706201721&w=2 CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#611865 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/611865 Debian Security Information: DSA-260 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-260 Immunix Linux Advisory: IMNX-2003-7+-012-01 http://lwn.net/Alerts/34908/ http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:030 http://www.idefense.com/advisory/03.04.03.txt NETBSD Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2003-003 ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-003.txt.asc http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-086.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-087.html SuSE Security Announcement: SuSE-SA:2003:017 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_017_file.html XForce ISS Database: file-afctr-read-bo(11469) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11469
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