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Debian DSA-1012-1 : unzip - buffer overflow

low Nessus Plugin ID 22554

Synopsis

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

Description

A buffer overflow in the command line argument parsing has been discovered in unzip, the de-archiver for ZIP files, that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the unzip package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 5.50-1woody6.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 5.52-1sarge4.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1012

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 22554

File Name: debian_DSA-1012.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:unzip, 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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4667

BID: 15968

CWE: 119

DSA: 1012