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Debian DSA-1440-1 : inotify-tools - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29807

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the filename processing of the inotify-tools, a command-line interface to inotify, may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. This only affects the internal library and none of the frontend tools shipped in Debian.

The old stable distribution (sarge) does not provide inotify-tools.

Solution

Upgrade the inotify-tools package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3-2.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=443913

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1440

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29807

File Name: debian_DSA-1440.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/31/2007

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inotify-tools, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/28/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5037

CWE: 119

DSA: 1440