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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60326
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 8 FEDORA-2008-1323 (perl-Tk)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to perl-Tk
announced via advisory FEDORA-2008-1323.

This a re-port of a perl interface to Tk8.4.
C code is derived from Tcl/Tk8.4.5.
It also includes all the C code parts of Tix8.1.4 from SourceForge.
The perl code corresponding to Tix's Tcl code is not fully implemented.

Perl API is essentially the same as Tk800 series Tk800.025 but has not
been verified as compliant. There ARE differences see pod/804delta.pod.

ChangeLog:

* Tue Feb 5 2008 Andreas Bierfert
- 804.028-3
- fix #431529 gif overflow in tk (see also #431518)

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #431518 - CVE-2008-0553 tk: GIF handling buffer overflow
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431518

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update perl-Tk' 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-2008-1323

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
6.8

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-0553
BugTraq ID: 27655
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27655
Bugtraq: 20080212 rPSA-2008-0054-1 tk (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488069/100/0/threaded
Bugtraq: 20080604 VMSA-2008-0009 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion, VMware Server, VMware VIX API, VMware ESX, VMware ESXi resolve critical security issues (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1490 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1490
Debian Security Information: DSA-1491 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1491
Debian Security Information: DSA-1598 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1598
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00193.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00132.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00115.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00205.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00116.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:041
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10098
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0134.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0135.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0136.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019309
http://secunia.com/advisories/28784
http://secunia.com/advisories/28807
http://secunia.com/advisories/28848
http://secunia.com/advisories/28857
http://secunia.com/advisories/28867
http://secunia.com/advisories/28954
http://secunia.com/advisories/29069
http://secunia.com/advisories/29070
http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
http://secunia.com/advisories/30129
http://secunia.com/advisories/30188
http://secunia.com/advisories/30535
http://secunia.com/advisories/30717
http://secunia.com/advisories/30783
http://secunia.com/advisories/32608
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237465-1
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:008 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:013 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-664-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0430
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1456/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
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