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Debian DSA-294-1 : gkrellm-newsticker - missing quoting, incomplete parser
high Nessus Plugin ID 15131
Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Brian Campbell discovered two security-related problems in gkrellm-newsticker, a plugin for the gkrellm system monitor program, which provides a news ticker from RDF feeds. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :CAN-2003-0205 It can launch a web browser of the user's choice when the ticker title is clicked by using the URI given by the feed.
However, special shell characters are not properly escaped enabling a malicious feed to execute arbitrary shell commands on the clients machine. CAN-2003-0206 It crashes the entire gkrellm system on feeds where link or title elements are not entirely on a single line. A malicious server could therefore craft a denial of service.
Solution
Upgrade the gkrellm-newsticker package.For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 0.3-3.1.
The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected since it doesn't contain gkrellm-newsticker packages.
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 15131
File Name: debian_DSA-294.nasl
Version: 1.21
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: 5.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
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:gkrellm-newsticker
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: No exploit is required
Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2003
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2003-0205, CVE-2003-0206
BID: 7414
DSA: 294