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GLSA-200502-23 : KStars: Buffer overflow in fliccd

critical Nessus Plugin ID 17128

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200502-23 (KStars: Buffer overflow in fliccd)

 Erik Sjolund discovered a buffer overflow in fliccd which is part of the INDI support in KStars.
 Impact :

 An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute code with elevated privileges. If fliccd does not run as daemon remote exploitation of this vulnerability is not possible. KDE as shipped by Gentoo does not start the daemon in the default installation.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All KStars users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=kde-base/kdeedu-3.3.2-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200502-23

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 17128

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200502-23.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 2/16/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:gentoo:linux:kdeedu, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0011

GLSA: 200502-23