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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54995
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200507-19 (zlib)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200507-19.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200507-19.

Vulnerability Insight:
zlib is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could potentially lead to
execution of arbitrary code.

Solution:
All zlib users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.3'

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1849
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Aug/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005//Aug/msg00001.html
BugTraq ID: 14340
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14340
Bugtraq: 20070404 VMSA-2007-0003 VMware ESX 3.0.1 and 3.0.0 server security updates (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1026 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1026
Debian Security Information: DSA-763 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-763
Debian Security Information: DSA-797 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-797
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162680
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-18.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-18.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:196
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:070
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/z/zlib/zlib_1.2.2-4.sarge.2.diff.gz
http://www.osvdb.org/18141
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11402
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-584.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.html
SCO Security Bulletin: SCOSA-2006.6
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.6/SCOSA-2006.6.txt
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014540
http://secunia.com/advisories/16137
http://secunia.com/advisories/17326
http://secunia.com/advisories/17516
http://secunia.com/advisories/18377
http://secunia.com/advisories/19334
http://secunia.com/advisories/19550
http://secunia.com/advisories/19597
http://secunia.com/advisories/24788
http://secunia.com/advisories/31492
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2005:043 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_43_zlib.html
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/usn/usn-151-3
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267
XForce ISS Database: zlib-codetable-dos(21456)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21456
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