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MDKA-2006:055: rpmdrake

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the rpmdrake package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory MDKA-2006:055 (rpmdrake).

Several bugs were fixed in rpmdrake: - various people saw crashes due
to invalid UTF-8 strings (#26099) - edit-urpm-sources.pl didn't start
if urpmi.cfg did not exist (#27336) - MandrivaUpdate got several fixes:
o it was impossible to select an update where there was only one group
(#26135) o all updates are preselected by default (#25271) o all
security, bugfix & normal updates were not displayed in 'all updates'
mode (#27268) o default is now 'all updates' rather than 'security
updates'

Solution : http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKA-2006:055
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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