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Debian DSA-214-1 : kdenetwork - buffer overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 15051

Synopsis

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

Description

Olaf Kirch from SuSE Linux AG discovered another vulnerability in the klisa package, that provides a LAN information service similar to 'Network Neighbourhood'. The lisa daemon contains a buffer overflow vulnerability which potentially enables any local user, as well as any remote attacker on the LAN who is able to gain control of the LISa port (7741 by default), to obtain root privileges. In addition, a remote attacker potentially may be able to gain access to a victim's account by using an 'rlan://' URL in an HTML page or via another KDE application.

Solution

Upgrade the klisa package immediately.

This problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2-14.5 for the current stable distribution (woody) and in version 2.2.2-14.20 for the unstable distribution (sid). The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected since it doesn't contain a kdenetwork package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-214

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15051

File Name: debian_DSA-214.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kdenetwork, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/20/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1306

DSA: 214