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Debian DSA-1084-1 : typespeed - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 22626

Synopsis

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

Description

Niko Tyni discovered a buffer overflow in the processing of network data in typespeed, a game for testing and improving typing speed, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the typespeed packages.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.1-2.4.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.4-8sarge1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1084

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22626

File Name: debian_DSA-1084.nasl

Version: 1.15

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: 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:typespeed, 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: 5/31/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1515

DSA: 1084