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Debian DSA-354-1 : xconq - buffer overflows

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15191

Synopsis

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

Description

Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in xconq, in processing the USER environment variable. In the process of fixing this bug, a similar problem was discovered with the DISPLAY environment variable.
This vulnerability could be exploited by a local attacker to gain gid 'games'.

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 7.4.1-2woody2.

We recommend that you update your xconq package.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/202963

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-354

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15191

File Name: debian_DSA-354.nasl

Version: 1.20

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: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/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:xconq

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0607

BID: 8307

DSA: 354