Debian DSA-796-1 : affix - remote command execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 19566

Synopsis

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

Description

Kevin Finisterre reports that affix, a package used to manage bluetooth sessions under Linux, uses the popen call in an unsafe fashion. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on a vulnerable system.

Solution

Upgrade the affix package.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain the affix package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.1-3.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-796

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19566

File Name: debian_DSA-796.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/6/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/26/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2716

DSA: 796