Solaris 10 (x86) : 143740-01

SunOS 5.10x86: Gedit patch. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : May/04/10 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text in this plugin was extracted from the Oracle SunOS Patch Updates. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if description...

SLES9: Security update for gedit

The remote host is missing updates to packages that affect the security of your system. One or more of the following packages are affected: gedit For more information, please visit the referenced security advisories. More details may also be found by searching for keyword 5017424 within the SuSE...

SuSE9 Security Update : gedit (YOU Patch Number 10253)

Gedit had a format string bug in the filename handling, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code. This bug has been fixed. CVE-2005-1686 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The text description of this plugin is C Novell, Inc. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc';...

FreeBSD Ports: gedit

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory. VID e319da0b-a228-11da-b410-000e0c2e438a OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from vuxml or freebsd advisories Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc...

RHEL 4 : gedit (RHSA-2005:499)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2005:499 advisory. gEdit is a small text editor designed specifically for the GNOME GUI desktop. A file name format string vulnerability has been discovered in gEdit. It...

GLSA-200506-09 : gedit: Format string vulnerability

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200506-09 gedit: Format string vulnerability A format string vulnerability exists when opening files with names containing format specifiers. Impact : A specially crafted file with format specifiers in the filename can cause...

CVE-2005-1686

CVE-2005-1686 affects gedit/gedit-based GNOME environments. The vulnerability is a format string flaw in the handling of filenames (format specifiers in filenames) that could lead to a crash and, per multiple advisories, may allow arbitrary code execution. Public discussions in various advisories...