Debian DSA-2921-1 : xbuffy - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73866

Synopsis

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

Description

Michael Niedermayer discovered a vulnerability in xbuffy, an utility for displaying message count in mailbox and newsgroup accounts.

By sending carefully crafted messages to a mail or news account monitored by xbuffy, an attacker can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, leading to xbuffy crash or even remote code execution.

Solution

Upgrade the xbuffy packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-8+deb6u1.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-8+deb7u1.

See Also

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

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/xbuffy

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2921

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73866

File Name: debian_DSA-2921.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/6/2014

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xbuffy, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0469

BID: 67090

DSA: 2921