Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : snort (MDKSA-2003:052)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 14036

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An integer overflow was discovered in the Snort stream4 preprocessor by the Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team. This preprocessor (spp_stream4) incorrectly calculates segment size parameters during stream reassembly for certainm sequence number ranges. This can lead to an integer overflow that can in turn lead to a heap overflow that can be exploited to perform a denial of service (DoS) or even remote command excution on the host running Snort.

Disabling the stream4 preprocessor will make Snort invulnerable to this attack, and the flaw has been fixed upstream in Snort version 2.0. Snort versions 1.8 through 1.9.1 are vulnerable.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 14036

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2003-052.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 7/31/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:mandriva:linux:snort, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:snort-bloat, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:snort-mysql, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:snort-mysql%2bflexresp, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:snort-plain%2bflexresp, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:snort-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:snort-postgresql%2bflexresp, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:snort-snmp, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:snort-snmp%2bflexresp, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.2, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.0, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0209

MDKSA: 2003:052

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