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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55761
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2005:198 (uim)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to uim
announced via advisory MDKSA-2005:198.

Masanari Yamamoto discovered that Uim uses environment variables
incorrectly. This bug causes a privilege escalation if setuid/setgid
applications are linked to libuim.

The updated packages have been patched to address this issue.

Affected: 10.2, 2006.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2005:198

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
4.6

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 15007
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-3149
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15007
Debian Security Information: DSA-895 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-895
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-03.xml
http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/uim/2005-September/001347.html
http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/uim/2005-September/001346.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015002
http://secunia.com/advisories/17043
http://secunia.com/advisories/17058
http://secunia.com/advisories/17572
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1946
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1947
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