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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61745
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-8928 (jhead)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to jhead
announced via advisory FEDORA-2008-8928.

ChangeLog:

* Thu Oct 16 2008 Adrian Reber - 2.84-1
- updated to 2.84
- fixes CVE-2008-4575 jhead buffer overflow (#467262)
- removed upstreamed makefile patch
* Wed Sep 24 2008 Adrian Reber - 2.82-2
- rebased makefile patch

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #467262 - CVE-2008-4575 jhead buffer overflow
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467262

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update jhead' 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-2008-8928

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4575
BugTraq ID: 31770
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31770
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00511.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00531.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/6
http://secunia.com/advisories/32363
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