Debian DSA-410-1 : libnids - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 15247

Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in libnids, a library used to analyze IP network traffic, whereby a carefully crafted TCP datagram could cause memory corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user executing a program which uses libnids (such as dsniff).

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.16-3woody1.

We recommend that you update your libnids package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-410

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15247

File Name: debian_DSA-410.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: Medium

Score: 5.8

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:libnids, 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: 1/5/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/28/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0850

BID: 8905

DSA: 410