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Fedora Core 4 2006-261: dia

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the dia package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory FEDORA-2006-261 (dia).

The Dia drawing program is designed to be like the Windows(TM) Visio
program. Dia can be used to draw different types of diagrams, and
includes support for UML static structure diagrams (class diagrams),
entity relationship modeling, and network diagrams. Dia can load and
save diagrams to a custom file format, can load and save in .xml format,
and can export to PostScript(TM).

Update Information:

Fixes CVE-2006-1550 Dia multiple buffer overflows

Solution : Get the newest Fedora Updates
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2006 Tenable Network Security

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