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Debian DSA-1741-1 : psi - integer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 35992

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Jesus Olmos Gonzalez discovered that an integer overflow in the PSI Jabber client may lead to remote denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the psi package.

The old stable distribution (etch) is not affected.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.11-9.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=518468

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1741

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 35992

File Name: debian_DSA-1741.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/24/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:psi, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-6393

CWE: 189

DSA: 1741