Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56298
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-248-1 (unzip)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-248-1 (unzip)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to unzip announced via advisory USN-248-1. 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: unzip A buffer overflow was discovered in the handling of file name arguments. By tricking a user or automated system into processing a specially crafted, excessively long file name with unzip, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 5.51-2ubuntu0.3 (for Ubuntu 4.10), 5.51-2ubuntu1.3 (for Ubuntu 5.04), or 5.52-3ubuntu2.1 (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-248-1 Risk factor : Medium
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 15968 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-4667 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-12/0930.html Debian Security Information: DSA-1012 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1012 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/430300/100/0/threaded http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:050 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0203.html http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0006 http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-248-1 http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-248-2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15968 http://www.osvdb.org/22400 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11252 http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
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