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Debian DSA-592-1 : ez-ipupdate - format string

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15727

Synopsis

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

Description

Ulf Harnhammar from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a format string vulnerability in ez-ipupdate, a client for many dynamic DNS services. This problem can only be exploited if ez-ipupdate is running in daemon mode (most likely) with many but not all service types.

Solution

Upgrade the ez-ipupdate package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.11b5-1woody2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-592

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15727

File Name: debian_DSA-592.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/17/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ez-ipupdate

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0980

DSA: 592