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Debian DSA-672-1 : xview - buffer overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 16346

Synopsis

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

Description

Erik Sjolund discovered that programs linked against xview are vulnerable to a number of buffer overflows in the XView library. When the overflow is triggered in a program which is installed setuid root a malicious user could perhaps execute arbitrary code as privileged user.

Solution

Upgrade the xview packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 3.2p1.4-16woody2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-672

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16346

File Name: debian_DSA-672.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/10/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0076

DSA: 672