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Debian DSA-2361-1 : chasen - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 57501

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that ChaSen, a Japanese morphological analysis system, contains a buffer overflow, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution in programs using the library.

Solution

Upgrade the chasen packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.4-2+lenny2.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.4-11+squeeze2.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/chasen

https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2361

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57501

File Name: debian_DSA-2361.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/12/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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:chasen, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4000

BID: 50588

DSA: 2361