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Debian DSA-129-1 : uucp - remote denial of service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14966

Synopsis

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

Description

We have received reports that in.uucpd, an authentication agent in the uucp package, does not properly terminate certain long input strings.
This has been corrected in uucp package version 1.06.1-11potato3 for Debian 2.2 (potato) and in version 1.06.1-18 for the upcoming (woody) release.

Solution

Upgrade the uucp package immediately.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-129

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14966

File Name: debian_DSA-129.nasl

Version: 1.21

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:uucp, 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: 5/27/2002

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0912

BID: 4910

DSA: 129