Summary
The remote host is missing an update to avahi
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:031.
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:031
Insight
A vulnerability has been discovered in Avahi before 0.6.24, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted mDNS packet with a source port of 0 (CVE-2008-5081).
The updated packages have been patched to prevent this.
Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1, 2009.0
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-5081 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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