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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2015.0139
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0139)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'less' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0139 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'less' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0139 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Updated less package fixes security vulnerability:

Malformed UTF-8 data could have caused an out of bounds read in the UTF-8
decoding routines, causing an invalid read access (CVE-2014-9488).

Affected Software/OS:
'less' package(s) on Mageia 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9488
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/159449.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:199
https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/3-less-out-of-bounds-read-access-TFPA-0022014.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0595 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00077.html
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