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GLSA-200412-09 : ncpfs: Buffer overflow in ncplogin and ncpmap

high Nessus Plugin ID 15969

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200412-09 (ncpfs: Buffer overflow in ncplogin and ncpmap)

 Karol Wiesek discovered a buffer overflow in the handling of the '-T' option in the ncplogin and ncpmap utilities, which are both installed as SUID root by default.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could trigger the buffer overflow by calling one of these utilities with a carefully crafted command line, potentially resulting in execution of arbitrary code with root privileges.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All ncpfs users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-fs/ncpfs-2.2.5'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?45c10881

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200412-09

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15969

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200412-09.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 12/15/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ncpfs, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1079

GLSA: 200412-09