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Debian DSA-1876-1 : dnsmasq - buffer overflow
medium Nessus Plugin ID 44741
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the TFTP component of dnsmasq. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :- CVE-2009-2957 A buffer overflow in TFTP processing may enable arbitrary code execution to attackers which are permitted to use the TFTP service.
- CVE-2009-2958 Malicious TFTP clients may crash dnsmasq, leading to denial of service.
Solution
Upgrade the dnsmasq packages.The old stable distribution is not affected by these problems.
For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 2.45-1+lenny1.
See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2957
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 44741
File Name: debian_DSA-1876.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 2/24/2010
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dnsmasq, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-2957, CVE-2009-2958
BID: 36120