Debian DSA-244-1 : noffle - buffer overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 15081

Synopsis

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

Description

Dan Jacobson noticed a problem in noffle, an offline news server, that leads to a segmentation fault. It is not yet clear whether this problem is exploitable. However, if it is, a remote attacker could trigger arbitrary code execution under the user that calls noffle, probably news.

Solution

Upgrade the noffle package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1-1.1.

The old stable distribution (potato) does not contain a noffle package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-244

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15081

File Name: debian_DSA-244.nasl

Version: 1.23

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:noffle, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0037

DSA: 244