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Debian DSA-812-1 : turqstat - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 19708

Synopsis

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

Description

Peter Karlsson discovered a buffer overflow in Turquoise SuperStat, a program for gathering statistics from Fidonet and Usenet, that can be exploited by a specially crafted NNTP server.

Solution

Upgrade the turqstat package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2sarge1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-812

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19708

File Name: debian_DSA-812.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/17/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

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:turqstat, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2658

DSA: 812