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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53712
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-590-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'gnats' package(s) announced via the DSA-590-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'gnats' package(s) announced via the DSA-590-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Khan Shirani discovered a format string vulnerability in gnats, the GNU problem report management system. This problem may be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.999.beta1+cvs20020303-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.0-7.

We recommend that you upgrade your gnats package.

Affected Software/OS:
'gnats' package(s) on Debian 3.0.

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-2004-0623
BugTraq ID: 10609
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10609
Bugtraq: 20040625 format string vulnerability in Gnats (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108820000823191&w=2
XForce ISS Database: gnats-format-string(16517)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16517
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