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Debian DSA-078-1 : slrn - remote command invocation

high Nessus Plugin ID 14915

Synopsis

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

Description

Byrial Jensen found a nasty problem in slrn (a threaded news reader).
 The notice on slrn-announce describes it as follows :

 When trying to decode binaries, the built-in code executes any shell scripts the article might contain, apparently assuming they would be some kind of self-extracting archive.

Solution

This problem has been fixed in version 0.9.6.2-9potato2 by removing this feature.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-078

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14915

File Name: debian_DSA-078.nasl

Version: 1.19

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: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-1035

BID: 3364

DSA: 078