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Debian DSA-506-1 : neon - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 15343

Synopsis

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

Description

Stefan Esser discovered a problem in neon, an HTTP and WebDAV client library. User input is copied into variables not large enough for all cases. This can lead to an overflow of a static heap variable.

Solution

Upgrade the libneon* packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.19.3-2woody5.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-506

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15343

File Name: debian_DSA-506.nasl

Version: 1.23

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: 5.5

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:neon

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0398

BID: 10385

DSA: 506