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Debian DSA-1144-1 : chmlib - missing input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22686

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that one of the utilities shipped with chmlib, a library for dealing with Microsoft CHM files, performs insufficient sanitising of filenames, which might lead to directory traversal.

Solution

Upgrade the chmlib-bin package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.35-6sarge3.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1144

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22686

File Name: debian_DSA-1144.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: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3178

DSA: 1144