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Vulnerability Assessment Details

Fedora Core 4 2005-565: rpm
Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the rpm package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory FEDORA-2005-565 (rpm).

The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a powerful command line driven
package management system capable of installing, uninstalling,
verifying, querying, and updating software packages. Each software
package consists of an archive of files along with information about
the package like its version, a description, etc.

Update Information:

This update corrects security problem CVE-2005-2096.


Solution : http://fedoranews.org//mediawiki/index.php/Fedora_Core_4_Update:_rpm-4.4.1-22
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security
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