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MDKSA-2005:052: kdegraphics

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the kdegraphics package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory MDKSA-2005:052 (kdegraphics).

Previous updates to correct integer overflow issues affecting xpdf overlooked
certain conditions when built for a 64 bit platform. (formerly CVE-2004-0888).
This also affects applications like kdegraphics, that use embedded versions of
xpdf. (CVE-2005-0206)

In addition, previous libtiff updates overlooked kdegraphics, which contains
and embedded libtiff used for kfax. This update includes patches to address:
CVE-2004-0803, CVE-2004-0804, CVE-2004-0886, CVE-2004-1183, CVE-2004-1308.

The updated packages are patched to deal with these issues.

Solution : http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:052
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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

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