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Debian DSA-1251-1 : netrick - insufficient escaping

high Nessus Plugin ID 24248

Synopsis

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

Description

It has been discovered that netrik, a text mode WWW browser with vi like keybindings, doesn't properly sanitize temporary filenames when editing textareas which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

Solution

Upgrade the netrik package.

For the stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 1.15.4-1sarge1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.15.3-1.1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=404233

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1251

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24248

File Name: debian_DSA-1251.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/26/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6678

DSA: 1251