Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gtkhtml (MDKSA-2003:046)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14030

Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability in GtkHTML was discovered by Alan Cox with the Evolution email client. GtkHTML is used to handle HTML messages in Evolution and certain malformed messages could cause Evolution to crash due to this bug.

Solution

Update the affected gtkhtml, libgtkhtml1.1_3 and / or libgtkhtml1.1_3-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14030

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2003-046.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 7/31/2004

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:gtkhtml, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libgtkhtml1.1_3, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libgtkhtml1.1_3-devel, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0133

MDKSA: 2003:046

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