Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200506-09 (gedit)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200506-09. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

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...