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Debian DSA-2635-1 : cfingerd - buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 64972

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Synopsis

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

Description

Malcolm Scott discovered a remote-exploitable buffer overflow in the RFC1413 (ident) client of cfingerd, a configurable finger daemon. This vulnerability was introduced in a previously applied patch to the cfingerd package in 1.4.3-3.

Solution

Upgrade the cfingerd packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.3-3+squeeze1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=700098

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2635

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 64972

File Name: debian_DSA-2635.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/4/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:cfingerd, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/1/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1049

DSA: 2635