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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57524
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2006:183 (libksba)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to libksba
announced via advisory MDKSA-2006:183.

The libksba library, as used by gpgsm in the gnupg2 package, allows
attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a
malformed X.509 certificate in a signature.

libksba-0.9.15 in Mandriva 2007.0 is not affected by this issue.

Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected: 2006.0, Corporate 4.0

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-2006:183

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-5111
BugTraq ID: 20565
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20565
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:183
http://secunia.com/advisories/22423
http://secunia.com/advisories/22445
http://secunia.com/advisories/22473
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:023 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_23_sr.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-365-1
XForce ISS Database: libksba-x509-dos(29621)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29621
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