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Debian DSA-467-1 : ecartis - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15304

Synopsis

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

Description

Timo Sirainen discovered two vulnerabilities in ecartis, a mailing list manager.

 - CAN-2003-0781 Failure to validate user input could lead to disclosure of mailing list passwords

 - CAN-2003-0782

 Multiple buffer overflows

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 0.129a+1.0.0-snap20020514-1.2.

We recommend that you update your ecartis package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-467

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15304

File Name: debian_DSA-467.nasl

Version: 1.24

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ecartis, 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: 3/23/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0781, CVE-2003-0782

BID: 8420, 8421

DSA: 467