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Debian DSA-461-1 : calife - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 15298

Synopsis

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

Description

Leon Juranic discovered a buffer overflow related to the getpass(3) library function in calife, a program which provides super user privileges to specific users. A local attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, given knowledge of a local user's password and the presence of at least one entry in /etc/calife.auth, to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.4c-1woody1.

We recommend that you update your calife package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-461

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15298

File Name: debian_DSA-461.nasl

Version: 1.20

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:calife, 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: 3/11/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0188

BID: 9756

DSA: 461