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Debian DSA-524-1 : rlpr - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15361

Synopsis

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

Description

discovered a format string vulnerability in rlpr, a utility for lpd printing without using /etc/printcap. While investigating this vulnerability, a buffer overflow was also discovered in related code.
 By exploiting one of these vulnerabilities, a local or remote user could potentially cause arbitrary code to be executed with the privileges of 1) the rlprd process (remote), or 2) root (local).

 CAN-2004-0393: format string vulnerability via syslog(3) in msg() function in rlpr

 CAN-2004-0454: buffer overflow in msg() function in rlpr

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in version 2.02-7woody1.

We recommend that you update your rlpr package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-524

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15361

File Name: debian_DSA-524.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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0393, CVE-2004-0454

BID: 10578

DSA: 524