Debian DSA-180-1 : nis - information leak

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15017

Synopsis

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

Description

Thorsten Kukuck discovered a problem in the ypserv program which is part of the Network Information Services (NIS). A memory leak in all versions of ypserv prior to 2.5 is remotely exploitable. When a malicious user could request a non-existing map the server will leak parts of an old domainname and mapname.

Solution

Upgrade the nis package.

This problem has been fixed in version 3.9-6.1 for the current stable distribution (woody), in version 3.8-2.1 for the old stable distribution (potato) and in version 3.9-6.2 for the unstable distribution (sid).

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-180

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15017

File Name: debian_DSA-180.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nis, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1232

DSA: 180