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Debian DSA-281-1 : moxftp - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 15118

Synopsis

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

Description

Knud Erik Hojgaard discovered a vulnerability in moxftp (and xftp respectively), an Athena X interface to FTP. Insufficient bounds checking could lead to execution of arbitrary code, provided by a malicious FTP server. Erik Tews fixed this.

Solution

Upgrade the xftp package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2-18.1.

For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2-13.1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-281

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15118

File Name: debian_DSA-281.nasl

Version: 1.25

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: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0203

BID: 6921

DSA: 281