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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61730
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:222 (Eterm)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to Eterm
announced via advisory MDVSA-2008:222.

A vulnerability in Eterm allowed it to open a terminal on :0 if
the environment variable was not set or the -display option was
not specified, which could be used by a local user to hijack X11
connections (CVE-2008-1692).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected: Corporate 3.0

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-2008:222

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
6.9

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1692
BugTraq ID: 28512
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28512
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-03.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:222
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473127
http://secunia.com/advisories/29577
CopyrightCopyright (c) 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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