Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : libksba (MDKSA-2006:183)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 24568

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The libksba library, as used by gpgsm in the gnupg2 package, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed X.509 certificate in a signature.

libksba-0.9.15 in Mandriva 2007.0 is not affected by this issue.

Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 24568

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2006-183.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 2/18/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ksba8, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64ksba8-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libksba8, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libksba8-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2006

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5111

MDKSA: 2006:183

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