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Debian DSA-743-1 : ht - buffer overflows, integer overflows

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18651

Synopsis

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

Description

Several problems have been discovered in ht, a viewer, editor and analyser for various executables, that may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

 - CAN-2005-1545 Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Team discovered an integer overflow in the ELF parser.

 - CAN-2005-1546

 The authors have discovered a buffer overflow in the PE parser.

Solution

Upgrade the ht package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 0.5.0-1woody4. For the HP Precision architecture, you are advised not to use this package anymore since we cannot provide updated packages as it doesn't compile anymore.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.8.0-2sarge4.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-743

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18651

File Name: debian_DSA-743.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/8/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ht, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/10/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1545, CVE-2005-1546

DSA: 743