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GLSA-200501-01 : LinPopUp: Buffer overflow in message reply

critical Nessus Plugin ID 16392

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-200501-01 (LinPopUp: Buffer overflow in message reply)

 Stephen Dranger discovered that LinPopUp contains a buffer overflow in string.c, triggered when replying to a remote user message.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could craft a malicious message that, when replied using LinPopUp, would exploit the buffer overflow. This would result in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running LinPopUp.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All LinPopUp users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/linpopup-2.0.4-r1'

See Also

http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/linpopup.txt

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200501-01

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 16392

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200501-01.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 2/14/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/4/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1282

GLSA: 200501-01