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Debian DSA-2997-1 : reportbug - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77007

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Synopsis

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

Description

Jakub Wilk discovered a remote command execution flaw in reportbug, a tool to report bugs in the Debian distribution. A man-in-the-middle attacker could put shell metacharacters in the version number allowing arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running reportbug.

Solution

Upgrade the reportbug packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 6.4.4+deb7u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/reportbug

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2997

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77007

File Name: debian_DSA-2997.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/6/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

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:reportbug, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/5/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0479

DSA: 2997