Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55728
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 871-1 (libgda2)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update to libgda2 announced via advisory DSA 871-1. Steve Kemp discovered two format string vulnerabilities in libgda2, the GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code in programs that use this library. The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by these problems.;; This VT has been deprecated and merged into the VT 'Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-871)' (OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55746).
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update to libgda2 announced via advisory DSA 871-1. Steve Kemp discovered two format string vulnerabilities in libgda2, the GNOME Data Access library for GNOME2, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code in programs that use this library. The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by these problems. This VT has been deprecated and merged into the VT 'Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-871)' (OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55746). Solution: For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.1-2sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your libgda2 packages. CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2958 BugTraq ID: 15200 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15200 Debian Security Information: DSA-871 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-871 http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-November/msg00013.html http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-01.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:203 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015107 http://secunia.com/advisories/17323 http://secunia.com/advisories/17339 http://secunia.com/advisories/17391 http://secunia.com/advisories/17426 http://secunia.com/advisories/17500 http://secunia.com/advisories/17559 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2005:026 (Google Search) SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2005:027 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_27_sr.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/212-1/
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