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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60201
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 7 FEDORA-2008-0880 (boost)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to boost
announced via advisory FEDORA-2008-0880.

References:
[ 1 ] Bug #428974 - CVE-2008-0171 CVE-2008-0172 Multiple boost vulnerabilities [Fedora 7]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428974
[ 2 ] Bug #428316 - CVE-2008-0171 boost regular expression memory corruption flaws
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428316
[ 3 ] Bug #428320 - CVE-2008-0172 boost regular expression NULL dereference flaw
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428320

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update boost'
at the command line. For more information, refer to Managing Software
with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2008-0880

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-0171
BugTraq ID: 27325
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27325
Bugtraq: 20080213 rPSA-2008-0063-1 boost (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488102/100/0/threaded
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00760.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200802-08.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:032
http://secunia.com/advisories/28511
http://secunia.com/advisories/28527
http://secunia.com/advisories/28545
http://secunia.com/advisories/28705
http://secunia.com/advisories/28860
http://secunia.com/advisories/28943
http://secunia.com/advisories/29323
http://secunia.com/advisories/48099
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:006 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-570-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0249
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-0172
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