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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56344
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Legacy Security Advisory FLSA-2006:175818
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory FLSA-2006:175818.

Richard Cunningham discovered a flaw in the way udev sets permissions on
various files in /dev/input. It may be possible for an authenticated
attacker to gather sensitive data entered by a user at the console, such
as passwords. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has
assigned the name CVE-2005-3631 to this issue.

All users of udev should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch and are not vulnerable to this issue.

Affected platforms:
Fedora Core 2
Fedora Core 3

Solution:
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FLSA-2006:175818

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
4.6

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 15994
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-3631
1015386
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015386
15994
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15994
18193
http://secunia.com/advisories/18193
RHSA-2005:864
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-864.html
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10854
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10854
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