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Debian DSA-156-1 : epic4-script-light - arbitrary script execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 14993

Synopsis

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

Description

All versions of the EPIC script Light prior to 2.7.30p5 (on the 2.7 branch) and prior to 2.8pre10 (on the 2.8 branch) running on any platform are vulnerable to a remotely-exploitable bug, which can lead to nearly arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade the epic4-script-light package and restart the IRC client.

This problem has been fixed in version 2.7.30p5-1.1 for the current stable distribution (woody) and in version 2.7.30p5-2 for the unstable distribution (sid). The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected, since it doesn't contain the Light package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-156

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14993

File Name: debian_DSA-156.nasl

Version: 1.20

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: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:epic4-script-light, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/22/2002

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0984

BID: 5555

DSA: 156