Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63448
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:057 (valgrind)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update to valgrind;announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:057.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update to valgrind announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:057. Vulnerability Insight: A vulnerability has been identified and corrected in valgrind: Untrusted search path vulnerability in valgrind before 3.4.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs via a Trojan horse .valgrindrc file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using a malicious --db-command options. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed, but CVE is including this issue because execution of a program from an untrusted directory is a common scenario. (CVE-2008-4865) The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1, 2009.0 Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. CVSS Score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4865 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200902-03.xml http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/27/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/28/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/9 http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=200901032045.17604.jseward%40acm.org&forum_name=valgrind-announce http://secunia.com/advisories/33568 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:002 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
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