Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56176
Category:	Conectiva Local Security Checks
Title:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLSA-2006:1060
Summary:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLSA-2006:1060
Description:	The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLSA-2006:1060. This announcement fixes an integer overflow vulnerability in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library that allows user-complicit attackers to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted object file by specifying a large number of section headers, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade' http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=001060 http://sources.redhat.com/binutils Risk factor : Medium
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 13697 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1704 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/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2006:1060 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=001060 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-15.xml http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-01.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:095 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:215 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-659.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-763.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-801.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-673.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-709.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0368.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0354.html SGI Security Advisory: 20060703-01-P ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.asc http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0025/ http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-136-1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13697 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9071 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267 http://www.osvdb.org/16757 http://securitytracker.com/id?1016544 http://secunia.com/advisories/15527 http://secunia.com/advisories/17718 http://secunia.com/advisories/17072 http://secunia.com/advisories/17135 http://secunia.com/advisories/17257 http://secunia.com/advisories/17356 http://secunia.com/advisories/17001 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-015.htm http://secunia.com/advisories/21122 http://secunia.com/advisories/21262 http://secunia.com/advisories/21717 http://secunia.com/advisories/24788
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