Debian DSA-560-1 : lesstif1-1 - integer and stack overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 15658

Synopsis

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

Description

Chris Evans discovered several stack and integer overflows in the libXpm library which is included in LessTif.

Solution

Upgrade the lesstif packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.93.18-5.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-560

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15658

File Name: debian_DSA-560.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2004

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lesstif1-1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0687, CVE-2004-0688

CERT: 537878, 882750

DSA: 560