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Debian DSA-640-1 : gatos - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 16176

Synopsis

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

Description

Erik Sjolund discovered a buffer overflow in xatitv, one of the programs in the gatos package, that is used to display video with certain ATI video cards. xatitv is installed setuid root in order to gain direct access to the video hardware.

Solution

Upgrade the gatos package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.0.5-6woody3.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-640

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16176

File Name: debian_DSA-640.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/17/2005

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/17/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0016

DSA: 640