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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59614
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 6 FEDORA-2007-722 (util-linux)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to util-linux
announced via advisory FEDORA-2007-722.

The util-linux package contains a large variety of low-level system
utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among
others, Util-linux contains the fdisk configuration tool and the login
program.


* Mon Oct 8 2007 Karel Zak 2.13-0.49
- fix #320141 - CVE-2007-5191 util-linux (u)mount doesn't drop privileges properly when calling helpers [FC6]

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be downloaded from:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/


This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update
package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing
Software with yum,' available at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/.


http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2007-722

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
6.9

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-5191
BugTraq ID: 25973
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25973
Bugtraq: 20080108 VMSA-2008-0001 Moderate OpenPegasus PAM Authentication Buffer Overflow and updated service console packages (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485936/100/0/threaded
Bugtraq: 20080123 UPDATED VMSA-2008-0001.1 Moderate OpenPegasus PAM Authentication Buffer Overflow and updated service console packages (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486859/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1449 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1449
Debian Security Information: DSA-1450 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1450
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00144.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-18.xml
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:198
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10101
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0969.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018782
http://secunia.com/advisories/27104
http://secunia.com/advisories/27122
http://secunia.com/advisories/27145
http://secunia.com/advisories/27188
http://secunia.com/advisories/27283
http://secunia.com/advisories/27354
http://secunia.com/advisories/27399
http://secunia.com/advisories/27687
http://secunia.com/advisories/28348
http://secunia.com/advisories/28349
http://secunia.com/advisories/28368
http://secunia.com/advisories/28469
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:022 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00008.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-533-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3417
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0064
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