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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.69860
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 15 FEDORA-2011-7801 (jabberd)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to jabberd
announced via advisory FEDORA-2011-7801.

Update Information:

This update fixes an important security issue (CVE-2011-1755), for more information, please see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700390.

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #700390 - CVE-2011-1755 jabberd: DoS via the XML billion laughs attack
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700390

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update jabberd' 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-2011-7801

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1755
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
BugTraq ID: 48250
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48250
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061341.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061458.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061482.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/jabberd2@lists.xiaoka.com/msg01655.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0881.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0882.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/44787
http://secunia.com/advisories/44957
http://secunia.com/advisories/45112
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2011:0741 (Google Search)
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/9197650
XForce ISS Database: jabberd-xml-entity-dos(67770)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67770
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