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Debian DSA-123-1 : listar - remote exploit

critical Nessus Plugin ID 14960

Synopsis

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

Description

Janusz Niewiadomski and Wojciech Purczynski reported a buffer overflow in the address_match of listar (a listserv style mailing-list manager).

Solution

This has been fixed in version 0.129a-2.potato1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-123

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 14960

File Name: debian_DSA-123.nasl

Version: 1.19

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: 5.9

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:listar, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0467

BID: 4176

DSA: 123