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Debian DSA-611-1 : htget - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 16007

Synopsis

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

Description

'infamous41md' discovered a buffer overflow in htget, a file grabber that will get files from HTTP servers. It is possible to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code by accessing a malicious URL.

Solution

Upgrade the htget package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.93-1.1woody1.

This package is not present in the testing and unstable distributions.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-611

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16007

File Name: debian_DSA-611.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/20/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/20/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/20/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0852

DSA: 611