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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56791
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200605-14 (libextractor)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200605-14.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200605-14.

Vulnerability Insight:
libextractor is vulnerable to two heap overflow vulnerabilities which could
lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution:
All libextractor users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/libextractor-0.5.14'

CVSS Score:
4.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-2458
BugTraq ID: 18021
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18021
Bugtraq: 20060517 Two heap overflow in libextractor 0.5.13 (rev 2832) (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434288/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1081 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1081
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-14.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016118
http://secunia.com/advisories/20150
http://secunia.com/advisories/20160
http://secunia.com/advisories/20326
http://secunia.com/advisories/20457
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/916
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:012 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1848
XForce ISS Database: libextractor-asfextractor-bo(26531)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26531
XForce ISS Database: libextractor-qtextractor-bo(26532)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26532
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