Debian DSA-326-1 : orville-write - buffer overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 15163

Synopsis

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

Description

Orville Write, a replacement for the standard write(1) command, contains a number of buffer overflows. These could be exploited to gain either gid tty or root privileges, depending on the configuration selected when the package is installed.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.53-4woody1.

The old stable distribution (potato) does not contain an orville-write package.

We recommend that you update your orville-write package.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/170747

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-326

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15163

File Name: debian_DSA-326.nasl

Version: 1.22

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:orville-write, 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: 6/19/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0441

BID: 7988

DSA: 326