Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.831677
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandriva Update for nut MDVSA-2012:087 (nut)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'nut'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'nut' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in nut: Buffer overflow in the addchar function in common/parseconf.c in upsd in Network UPS Tools (NUT) before 2.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (electric-power outage) via a long string containing non-printable characters (CVE-2012-2944). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. Affected Software/OS: nut on Mandriva Linux 2011.0, Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.2, Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-2944 BugTraq ID: 53743 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53743 Debian Security Information: DSA-2484 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2484 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:087 http://www.osvdb.org/82409 http://secunia.com/advisories/49348 http://secunia.com/advisories/50389 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:1069 (Google Search) https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514634 XForce ISS Database: networkupstools-addchar-bo(75980) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75980
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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