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Debian DSA-855-1 : weex - format string vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 19963

Synopsis

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

Description

Ulf Harnhammar from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a format string vulnerability in weex, a non-interactive FTP client for updating web pages, that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code on the clients machine.

Solution

Upgrade the weex package.

For the oldstable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.1-4woody2.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.1-6sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=332424

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-855

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19963

File Name: debian_DSA-855.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

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:weex, 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: 10/10/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3150

DSA: 855