Test ID:	53091
Category:	Turbolinux Local Security Tests
Title:	Turbolinux TLSA-2005-70 (gedit)
Summary:	Turbolinux TLSA-2005-70 (gedit)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to gedit announced via advisory TLSA-2005-70. gEdit is a small but powerful text editor designed expressly for GNOME. Format string vulnerability exists in the gedit. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a file with a carefully crafted name. Solution: Please use the turbopkg (zabom) tool to apply the update. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=TLSA-2005-70 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1686 Bugtraq: 20050520 pst.advisory: gedit fun. opensource is god .lol windows (Google Search) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=111661117701398&w=2 Debian Security Information: DSA-753 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-753 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-09.xml http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-499.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2005:036 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-138-1 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1245
Copyright	Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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