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GLSA-200411-20 : ez-ipupdate: Format string vulnerability

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15695

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200411-20 (ez-ipupdate: Format string vulnerability)

 Ulf Harnhammar from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a format string vulnerability in ez-ipupdate.
 Impact :

 An attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running ez-ipupdate, which could be the root user.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All ez-ipupdate users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-dns/ez-ipupdate-3.0.11_beta8-r1'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1b597256

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200411-20

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15695

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200411-20.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 11/13/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ez-ipupdate, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0980

GLSA: 200411-20