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GLSA-202208-12 : mdbtools: Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 163977

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202208-12 (mdbtools: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

 - MDB Tools (aka mdbtools) 0.9.2 has a stack-based buffer overflow (at 0x7ffd0c689be0) in mdb_numeric_to_string (called from mdb_xfer_bound_data and _mdb_attempt_bind). (CVE-2021-45926)

 - MDB Tools (aka mdbtools) 0.9.2 has a stack-based buffer overflow (at 0x7ffd6e029ee0) in mdb_numeric_to_string (called from mdb_xfer_bound_data and _mdb_attempt_bind). (CVE-2021-45927)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All mdbtools users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-office/mdbtools-0.9.3

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-12

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=773289

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=830371

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 163977

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202208-12.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 8/10/2022

Updated: 10/16/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-45927

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mdbtools, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-45926, CVE-2021-45927