Summary
The remote host is missing an update to perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:174.
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:174
Insight
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib:
Off-by-one error in the inflate function in Zlib.xs in Compress::Raw::Zlib Perl module before 2.017, as used in AMaViS, SpamAssassin, and possibly other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via a crafted zlib compressed stream that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as exploited in the wild by Trojan.Downloader-71014 in June 2009 (CVE-2009-1391).
This update provides fixes for this vulnerability.
Affected: Enterprise Server 5.0
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-1391 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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