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Debian DSA-1587-1 : mtr - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 32447

Synopsis

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

Description

Adam Zabrocki discovered that under certain circumstances mtr, a full screen ncurses and X11 traceroute tool, could be tricked into executing arbitrary code via overly long reverse DNS records.

Solution

Upgrade the mtr package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.71-2etch1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1587

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 32447

File Name: debian_DSA-1587.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/28/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2357

BID: 29290

CWE: 119

DSA: 1587