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Fedora Core 3 2005-116: emacs

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the emacs package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory FEDORA-2005-116 (emacs).

Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting, modeless text
editor. Emacs contains special code editing features, a scripting
language (elisp), and the capability to read mail, news, and more
without leaving the editor.

This package provides an emacs binary with support for X windows.

Update Information:

This update fixes the CVE-2005-0100 movemail vulnerability
and backports the latest bug fixes.

Solution : http://www.fedoranews.org/blog/index.php?p=380
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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

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