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Debian DSA-1328-1 : unicon-imc2 - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25640

Synopsis

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

Description

Steve Kemp from the Debian Security Audit project discovered that unicon-imc2, a Chinese input method library, makes unsafe use of an environmental variable, which may be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the unicon-imc2 package.

For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.4-11etch1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1328

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25640

File Name: debian_DSA-1328.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/2/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:unicon-imc2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2835

DSA: 1328