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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53044
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:504
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2005:504.

The telnet package provides a command line telnet client.

Gael Delalleau discovered an information disclosure issue in the way the
telnet client handles messages from a server. An attacker could construct
a malicious telnet server that collects information from the environment of
any victim who connects to it. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0488 to this issue.

Users of telnet should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a
backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-504.html

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
5.0

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0488
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
BugTraq ID: 13940
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13940
BugTraq ID: 19289
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
Cert/CC Advisory: TA06-214A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#800829
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/800829
http://idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=260&type=vulnerabilities
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11373
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1139
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-504.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-562.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014203
http://secunia.com/advisories/17135
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101665-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101671-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57755-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57761-1
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2005:016 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_sr.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
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