Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63523
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:072 (perl-MDK-Common)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update to perl-MDK-Common;announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:072.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update to perl-MDK-Common announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:072. Vulnerability Insight: Some vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in perl-MDK-Common: The functions used to write strings into shell like configuration files by Mandriva tools were not taking care of some special characters. This could lead to some bugs (like wireless keys containing certain characters not working), and privilege escalation. This update fixes that issue by ensuring proper protection of strings. The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues. Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1, 2009.0, Corporate 3.0, Corporate 4.0, Multi Network Firewall 2.0 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-2009-0912 BugTraq ID: 34089 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34089 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:072 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0688 XForce ISS Database: perlmdkcommon-unspecified-priv-escalation(49220) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49220
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2009 E-Soft Inc.

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