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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59197
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-507-1 (tcp-wrappers)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to tcp-wrappers
announced via advisory USN-507-1.

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 7.04

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

Details follow:

It was discovered that the TCP wrapper library was incorrectly allowing
connections to services that did not specify server-side connection
details. Remote attackers could connect to services that had been
configured to block such connections. This only affected Ubuntu Feisty.

Solution:
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:

Ubuntu 7.04:
libwrap0 7.6.dbs-11ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-507-1

Risk factor : High

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