Debian DSA-035-1 : man2html - remote denial of service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14872

Synopsis

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

Description

It has been reported that one can tweak man2html remotely into consuming all available memory. This has been fixed by Nicolas Lichtmaier with help of Stephan Kulow.

Solution

Upgrade the man2html package immediately.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=28024

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=78195

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-035

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14872

File Name: debian_DSA-035.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:man2html, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2001

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0457

DSA: 035