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Debian DSA-886-1 : chmlib - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 22752

Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in chmlib, a library for dealing with CHM format files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

 - CVE-2005-2659 Palasik Sandor discovered a buffer overflow in the LZX decompression method.

 - CVE-2005-2930 A buffer overflow has been discovered that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

 - CVE-2005-3318 Sven Tantau discovered a buffer overflow that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the chmlib packages.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain chmlib packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.35-6sarge1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-886

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 22752

File Name: debian_DSA-886.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chmlib, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2659, CVE-2005-2930, CVE-2005-3318

BID: 15211

DSA: 886