Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55758
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-212-1 (libgda2)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to libgda2 announced via advisory USN-212-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) The following packages are affected: libgda2-1 libgda2-3 Steve Kemp discovered two format string vulnerabilities in the logging handler of the Gnome database access library. Depending on the application that uses the library, this could have been exploited to execute arbitrary code with the permission of the user running the application. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 1.0.4-1ubuntu0.1 (for Ubuntu 4.10), 1.1.99-1ubuntu0.1 (for Ubuntu 5.04), or 1.2.1-2ubuntu3.1 (for Ubuntu 5.10). In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-212-1 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.5
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 15200 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2958 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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