Debian DSA-2623-1 : openconnect - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64635

Synopsis

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

Description

Kevin Cernekee discovered that a malicious VPN gateway can send crafted responses which trigger stack-based buffer overflows.

Solution

Upgrade the openconnect packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.25-0.1+squeeze2.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/openconnect

https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2623

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64635

File Name: debian_DSA-2623.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/15/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openconnect, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6128

BID: 57884

DSA: 2623