Debian DSA-301-1 : libgtop - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 15138

Synopsis

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

Description

The gtop daemon, used for monitoring remote machines, contains a buffer overflow which could be used by an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the daemon process. If started as root, the daemon process drops root privileges, assuming uid and gid 99 by default.

This bug was previously fixed in DSA-098, but one of the patches was not carried over to later versions of libgtop.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.13-3.1.

For the old stable distribution (potato), this problem was fixed in DSA-098.

We recommend that you update your libgtop package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15138

File Name: debian_DSA-301.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: 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:libgtop

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0928

BID: 3594

DSA: 301

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