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Debian DSA-028-1 : man-db - format string vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 14865

Synopsis

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

Description

Styx has reported that the program `man' mistakenly passes malicious strings (i.e. containing format characters) through routines that were not meant to use them as format strings. Since this could cause a segmentation fault and privileges were not dropped it may lead to an exploit for the 'man' user.

Solution

Upgrade the man-db package immediately.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-028

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14865

File Name: debian_DSA-028.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:2.2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:man-db

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0193

DSA: 028