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MDKSA-2006:039: gnutls

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the gnutls package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory MDKSA-2006:039 (gnutls).

Evgeny Legerov discovered cases of possible out-of-bounds access in the DER
decoding schemes of libtasn1, when provided with invalid input. This library is
bundled with gnutls. The provided packages have been patched to correct these
issues.

Solution : http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:039
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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

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