Debian DSA-1240-1 : links2 - insufficient escaping

high Nessus Plugin ID 23945

Synopsis

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

Description

Teemu Salmela discovered that the links2 character mode web browser performs insufficient sanitising of smb:// URIs, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary shell commands.

Solution

Upgrade the links2 package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.1pre16-1sarge1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 2.1pre26-1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 23945

File Name: debian_DSA-1240.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/30/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

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:links2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/21/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5925

DSA: 1240

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