Debian DSA-1705-1 : netatalk - missing input sanitising

high Nessus Plugin ID 35382

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that netatalk, an implementation of the AppleTalk suite, is affected by a command injection vulnerability when processing PostScript streams via papd. This could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. Please note that this only affects installations that are configured to use a pipe command in combination with wildcard symbols substituted with values of the printed job.

Solution

Upgrade the netatalk package.

For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.3-4+etch1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.3-11+lenny1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35382

File Name: debian_DSA-1705.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/16/2009

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: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5718

BID: 32925

CWE: 78

DSA: 1705

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