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Debian DSA-1317-1 : tinymux - buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 25583

Synopsis

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

Description

duskwave discovered that tinymux, a text-based multi-user virtual world server, performs insufficient boundary checks when working with user-supplied data, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the tinymux package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.3.31-1etch1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1317

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 25583

File Name: debian_DSA-1317.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/27/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:tinymux, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1655

DSA: 1317