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Debian DSA-918-1 : osh - programming error

high Nessus Plugin ID 22784

Synopsis

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

Description

Several security related problems have been discovered in osh, the operator's shell for executing defined programs in a privileged environment. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities :

 - CVE-2005-3346 Charles Stevenson discovered a bug in the substitution of variables that allows a local attacker to open a root shell.

 - CVE-2005-3533 Solar Eclipse discovered a buffer overflow caused by the current working directory plus a filename that could be used to execute arbitrary code and e.g. open a root shell.

Solution

Upgrade the osh package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.7-11woody2.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.7-13sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=338312

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-918

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22784

File Name: debian_DSA-918.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:osh, 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: 12/9/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3346, CVE-2005-3533

DSA: 918