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Debian DSA-391-1 : freesweep - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15228

Synopsis

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

Description

Steve Kemp discovered a buffer overflow in freesweep, when processing several environment variables. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local user to gain gid 'games'.

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.88-4woody1.

We recommend that you update your freesweep package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-391

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15228

File Name: debian_DSA-391.nasl

Version: 1.22

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: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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:freesweep

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0828

DSA: 391