MDVA-2008:131 : rpmdrake

high Nessus Plugin ID 38142

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

This update fixes several minor issues in rpmdrake: - it fixes a crash due to bad timing with the X server (#41010) - it fix empty per importance lists of updates in rpmdrake (list of all updates was OK, MandrivaUpdate was OK) (#41331) (regression introduced in 3.95 on 2007-09-14) - it makes rpmdrake only warn once per session when media XML metadata are newer than synthesis: in that case rpmdrake complained for every unsyncrhonized package (#42737) - it fixes a crash when selecting all packages (#40025) - it fixes a rare crash when canceling (#41970)

Solution

Update the affected package(s).

See Also

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVA-2008:131

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 38142

File Name: mandriva_MDVA-2008-131.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mandriva:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/3/2008