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MDKA-2006:005: kat

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the kat package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory MDKA-2006:005 (kat).

A number of fixes are available with this new kat update including a
fix in the support of utf8 files, a number of crash situation were
corrected, a double deletion that caused a crash when kat was closed
was corrected, and finally the mail indexer is disabled due to
problems it caused.

Solution : http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKA-2006:005
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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