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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : perl-Gtk2 (MDVSA-2015:044)

high Nessus Plugin ID 81333

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Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in perl-Gtk2 :

Incorrect memory management in Gtk2::Gdk::Display::list_devices in perl-Gtk2 before 1.2495, where, the code was freeing memory that gtk+ still holds onto and might access later.

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected perl-Gtk2 and / or perl-Gtk2-doc packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0059.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 81333

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2015-044.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 2/13/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-gtk2-doc, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2015

Reference Information

MDVSA: 2015:044