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Debian DSA-676-1 : xpcd - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 16380

Synopsis

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

Description

Erik Sjolund discovered a buffer overflow in pcdsvgaview, an SVGA PhotoCD viewer. xpcd-svga is part of xpcd and uses svgalib to display graphics on the Linux console for which root permissions are required.
A malicious user could overflow a fixed-size buffer and may cause the program to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Solution

Upgrade the xpcd-svga package immediately.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.08-8woody3.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-676

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16380

File Name: debian_DSA-676.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/11/2005

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: 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:debian:debian_linux:xpcd, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0074

DSA: 676