Debian DSA-193-1 : kdenetwork - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 15030

Synopsis

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

Description

iDEFENSE reports a security vulnerability in the klisa package, that provides a LAN information service similar to 'Network Neighbourhood', which was discovered by Texonet. It is possible for a local attacker to exploit a buffer overflow condition in resLISa, a restricted version of KLISa. The vulnerability exists in the parsing of the LOGNAME environment variable, an overly long value will overwrite the instruction pointer thereby allowing an attacker to seize control of the executable.

Solution

Upgrade the klisa package immediately.

This problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2-14.2 for the current stable distribution (woody) and in version 2.2.2-14.3 for the unstable distribution (sid). The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected since it doesn't contain a kdenetwork package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15030

File Name: debian_DSA-193.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kdenetwork, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1247

BID: 6157

DSA: 193

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