Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59217
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-529-1 (tk8.4)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to tk8.4 announced via advisory USN-529-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: It was discovered that Tk could be made to overrun a buffer when loading certain images. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF image, remote attackers could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: tk8.3 8.3.5-4ubuntu1.1 tk8.4 8.4.12-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 6.10: tk8.3 8.3.5-6ubuntu1.1 tk8.4 8.4.12-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 7.04: tk8.3 8.3.5-6ubuntu2.1 tk8.4 8.4.14-0ubuntu2.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to affect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-529-1 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 6.8
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-5137 BugTraq ID: 25826 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25826 Debian Security Information: DSA-1743 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1743 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00261.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-07.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:200 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192539 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9540 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0136.html http://secunia.com/advisories/26942 http://secunia.com/advisories/27086 http://secunia.com/advisories/27182 http://secunia.com/advisories/27207 http://secunia.com/advisories/27229 http://secunia.com/advisories/27295 http://secunia.com/advisories/29069 http://secunia.com/advisories/34297 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:020 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-529-1 http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-October/001826.html
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