Debian DSA-1138-1 : cfs - integer overflow

low Nessus Plugin ID 22680

Synopsis

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

Description

Carlo Contavalli discovered an integer overflow in CFS, a cryptographic filesystem, which allows local users to crash the encryption daemon.

Solution

Upgrade the cfs package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.1-15sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=371076

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1138

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 22680

File Name: debian_DSA-1138.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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cfs, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/2/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3123

DSA: 1138