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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61854
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1664-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ekg' package(s) announced via the DSA-1664-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ekg' package(s) announced via the DSA-1664-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that ekg, a console Gadu Gadu client performs insufficient input sanitising in the code to parse contact descriptions, which may result in denial of service.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.7~
rc2-1etch2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) and the upcoming stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.8~
rc1-2 of libgadu.

We recommend that you upgrade your ekg package.

Affected Software/OS:
'ekg' package(s) on Debian 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4776
BugTraq ID: 31951
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31951
Debian Security Information: DSA-1664 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1664
http://lists.ziew.org/pipermail/libgadu-devel/2008-October/000331.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:023 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-692-1
XForce ISS Database: libgadu-contactdescription-bo(46158)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46158
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

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