Debian DSA-1190-1 : maxdb-7.5.00 - buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 22904

Synopsis

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

Description

Oliver Karow discovered that the WebDBM frontend of the MaxDB database performs insufficient sanitising of requests passed to it, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the maxdb-7.5.00 package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 7.5.00.24-4.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=386182

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1190

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 22904

File Name: debian_DSA-1190.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/25/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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:debian:debian_linux:maxdb-7.5.00, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/4/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2006

Exploitable With

Metasploit (MaxDB WebDBM Database Parameter Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4305

DSA: 1190