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Debian DSA-915-1 : helix-player - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22781

Synopsis

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

Description

An integer overflow has been discovered in helix-player, the helix audio and video player. This flaw could allow a remote attacker to run arbitrary code on a victims computer by supplying a specially crafted network resource.

Solution

Upgrade the helix-player package.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain a helix-player package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.4-1sarge2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-915

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22781

File Name: debian_DSA-915.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: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:helix-player, 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: 12/2/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2629

BID: 15381

DSA: 915