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USN212-1 : libgda2 vulnerability Vulnerability Scan


Vulnerability Scan Summary
libgda2 vulnerability

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test

Synopsis :

These remote packages are missing security patches :
- gda2-freetds
- gda2-mysql
- gda2-odbc
- gda2-postgres
- gda2-sqlite
- libgda2-1
- libgda2-3
- libgda2-3-dbg
- libgda2-common
- libgda2-dbg
- libgda2-dev
- libgda2-doc


Description :

Steve Kemp discovered two format string vulnerabilities in the logging
handler of the Gnome database access library. Depending on the
application that uses the library, this could have been exploited to
execute arbitrary code with the permission of the user running the
application.

Solution :

Upgrade to :
- gda2-freetds-1.2.1-2ubuntu3.1 (Ubuntu 5.10)
- gda2-mysql-1.2.1-2ubuntu3.1 (Ubuntu 5.10)
- gda2-odbc-1.2.1-2ubuntu3.1 (Ubuntu 5.10)
- gda2-postgres-1.2.1-2ubuntu3.1 (Ubuntu 5.10)
- gda2-sqlite-1.2.1-2ubuntu3.1 (Ubuntu 5.10)
- libgda2-1-1.1.99-1ubuntu0.1 (Ubuntu 5.04)
- libgda2-3-1.2.1-2ubuntu3.1 (Ubuntu 5.10)
- libgda2-3-dbg-1.2.1-2ubuntu3.1 (Ubuntu 5.10)
- libgda2-common-1.2.1-2ubuntu3.1 (Ubuntu 5.10)
- libgda2-dbg-1.1.99-1ubuntu0.1 (Ubuntu 5.04)
- libgda2-dev-1.2.1-2ubuntu3.1 (Ubuntu 5.10)
[...]


Threat Level: High


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