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Debian DSA-663-1 : prozilla - buffer overflows

critical Nessus Plugin ID 16284

Synopsis

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

Description

Several buffer overflows have been discovered in prozilla, a multi-threaded download accelerator which could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the victim's machine. An exploit for prozilla is already in the wild.

Solution

Upgrade the prozilla package.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.6-3woody1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-663

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 16284

File Name: debian_DSA-663.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/2/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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:prozilla

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: 2/1/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1120

BID: 11734

DSA: 663