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Debian DSA-1170-1 : gcc-3.4 - missing sanity check

low Nessus Plugin ID 22712

Synopsis

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

Description

Jurgen Weigert discovered that upon unpacking JAR archives fastjar from the GNU Compiler Collection does not check the path for included files and allows to create or overwrite files in upper directories.

Solution

Upgrade the fastjar package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.4.3-13sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=368397

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1170

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 22712

File Name: debian_DSA-1170.nasl

Version: 1.20

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: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gcc-3.4, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3619

BID: 15669

DSA: 1170