MDVA-2009:039 : coreutils

high Nessus Plugin ID 36775

Synopsis

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

Description

The coreutils package released with Mandriva Linux 2009 makes use of a syscall unavailable in Xen dom0 kernel. Thus, when used on top of that kernel, the provided programs might fail in non-obvious ways.

This update fixes that.

Solution

Update the affected package(s).

See Also

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVA-2009:039

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 36775

File Name: mandriva_MDVA-2009-039.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

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: 3/13/2009