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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60841
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:083 (audit)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to audit
announced via advisory MDVSA-2008:083.

Joe Nall reported a stack-based buffer overflow in Audit's log handling
that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a
long command argument (CVE-2008-1628).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2008:083

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
4.1

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1628
BugTraq ID: 28524
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28524
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00200.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-14.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:083
https://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-audit/2008-March/msg00138.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019824
http://secunia.com/advisories/29617
http://secunia.com/advisories/29754
http://secunia.com/advisories/29957
http://secunia.com/advisories/31316
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:010 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1052/references
XForce ISS Database: linuxaudit-auditlogusercommand-bo(41576)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41576
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