Debian DSA-492-1 : iproute - denial of service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15329

Synopsis

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

Description

Herbert Xu reported that local users could cause a denial of service against iproute, a set of tools for controlling networking in Linux kernels. iproute uses the netlink interface to communicate with the kernel, but failed to verify that the messages it received came from the kernel (rather than from other user processes).

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 20010824-8woody1.

We recommend that you update your iproute package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15329

File Name: debian_DSA-492.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

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: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:iproute, 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: 4/18/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0856

BID: 9092

DSA: 492

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