Debian DSA-521-1 : sup - format string vulnerability

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15358

Synopsis

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

Description

discovered a format string vulnerability in sup, a set of programs to synchronize collections of files across a number of machines, whereby a remote attacker could potentially cause arbitrary code to be executed with the privileges of the supfilesrv process (this process does not run automatically by default).

CAN-2004-0451: format string vulnerabilities in sup via syslog(3) in logquit, logerr, loginfo functions

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8-8woody2.

We recommend that you update your sup package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15358

File Name: debian_DSA-521.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sup, 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: 6/18/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0451

BID: 10571

DSA: 521

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