Debian DSA-307-1 : gps - multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 15144

Synopsis

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

Description

gPS is a graphical application to watch system processes. In release 1.1.0 of the gps package, several security vulnerabilities were fixed, as detailed in the changelog :

- bug fix on rgpsp connection source acceptation policy (it was allowing any host to connect even when the /etc/rgpsp.conf file told otherwise). It is working now, but on any real ('production') network I suggest you use IP filtering to enforce the policy (like ipchains or iptables).
- Several possibilities of buffer overflows have been fixed. Thanks to Stanislav Ievlev from ALT-Linux for pointing a lot of them.

- fixed misformatting of command line parameters in rgpsp protocol (command lines with newlines would break the protocol).

- fixed buffer overflow bug that caused rgpsp to SIGSEGV when stating processes with large command lines (>128 chars) [Linux only].

All of these problems affect Debian's gps package version 0.9.4-1 in Debian woody. Debian potato also contains a gps package (version 0.4.1-2), but it is not affected by these problems, as the relevant functionality is not implemented in that version.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 0.9.4-1woody1.

The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected by these problems.

We recommend that you update your gps package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-307

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15144

File Name: debian_DSA-307.nasl

Version: 1.24

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: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/27/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0360, CVE-2003-0361, CVE-2003-0362

BID: 7736

DSA: 307