MDVA-2009:031 : drakx-net

high Nessus Plugin ID 36715

Synopsis

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

Description

This update several minor issues with Mandriva Network tools (drakx-net).

- drakroam would crash if no wireless interface is present on the system.

- Cancel button of Interactive Firewall configuration screen of drakfirewall was not handled correctly (bug #46256)

- Interactive Firewall settings were not applied immediately after changing firewall configuration (bug #47370)

- Unicode dates were not displayed correctly in drakids (bug #39914)

- Network interface name was not displayed in drakconnect, leading to confusion when several identical cards are present in the system (bug #45881)

- When guessing DNS and GW addresses for static address connections, the guessed IPs were different (bug #7041)

- Network monitor would display negative traffic amount when transferring over 4GB of data (bug #46398)

- Custom MTU values were not preserved when changing network configuration using drakconnect (bug #45969)

- The excessive number of failed connection attempts to ADSL networks could lead to extremely long boot times (bug #28087).

Solution

Update the affected package(s).

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 36715

File Name: mandriva_MDVA-2009-031.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

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: 2/26/2009

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