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Debian DSA-625-1 : pcal - buffer overflows

critical Nessus Plugin ID 16103

Synopsis

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

Description

Danny Lungstrom discovered two buffer overflows in pcal, a program to generate Postscript calendars, that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code when compiling a calendar.

Solution

Upgrade the pcal package.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 4.7-8woody1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=287039

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-625

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 16103

File Name: debian_DSA-625.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/6/2005

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1289

DSA: 625