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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57649
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2006:215 (avahi)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to avahi
announced via advisory MDKSA-2006:215.

Steve Grubb discovered that netlink messages were not being checked for
their sender identity. This could lead to local users manipulating the
Avahi service.

Packages have been patched to correct this issues.

Affected: 2007.0

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-2006:215

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
2.1

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-5461
BugTraq ID: 21016
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21016
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-13.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:215
https://tango.0pointer.de/pipermail/avahi-tickets/2006-November/000320.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017257
http://secunia.com/advisories/22807
http://secunia.com/advisories/22852
http://secunia.com/advisories/22932
http://secunia.com/advisories/23020
http://secunia.com/advisories/23042
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:026 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/380-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4474
XForce ISS Database: avahi-netlink-security-bypass(30207)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30207
CopyrightCopyright (c) 2006 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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