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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61652
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200809-15 (ed)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200809-15.

A buffer overflow vulnerability in ed may allow for the remote execution of
arbitrary code.

Solution:
All GNU ed users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/ed-1.0'

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200809-15
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=236521

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-3916
BugTraq ID: 30815
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30815
Bugtraq: 20090227 VMSA-2009-0003 ESX 2.5.5 patch 12 updates service console package ed (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501298/100/0/threaded
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00847.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00873.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-15.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:200
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ed/2008-08/msg00000.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10678
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0946.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020734
http://secunia.com/advisories/32349
http://secunia.com/advisories/32460
http://secunia.com/advisories/33005
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2011:002 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2642
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3347
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
XForce ISS Database: gnued-stripescapes-bo(44643)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44643
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