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Debian DSA-387-1 : gopher - buffer overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 15224

Synopsis

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

Description

gopherd, a gopher server from the University of Minnesota, contains a number of buffer overflows which could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the gopherd process (the 'gopher' user by default).

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.3woody1.

This program has been removed from the unstable distribution (sid).
gopherd is deprecated, and users are recommended to use PyGopherd instead.

We recommend that you update your gopherd package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-387

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15224

File Name: debian_DSA-387.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 9/18/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0805

BID: 8167, 8168, 8283

DSA: 387