Debian DSA-272-1 : dietlibc - integer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 15109

Synopsis

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

Description

eEye Digital Security discovered an integer overflow in the xdrmem_getbytes() function of glibc, that is also present in dietlibc, a small libc useful especially for small and embedded systems. This function is part of the XDR encoder/decoder derived from Sun's RPC implementation. Depending upon the application, this vulnerability can cause buffer overflows and could possibly be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the dietlibc packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.12-2.5.

The old stable distribution (potato) does not contain dietlibc packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15109

File Name: debian_DSA-272.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

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: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0028

BID: 7123

CERT: 516825

DSA: 272

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