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Debian DSA-665-1 : ncpfs - missing privilege release

high Nessus Plugin ID 16311

Synopsis

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

Description

Erik Sjolund discovered several bugs in ncpfs that provides utilities to use resources from NetWare servers of which one also applies to the stable Debian distribution. Due to accessing a configuration file without further checks with root permissions it is possible to read arbitrary files.

Solution

Upgrade the ncpfs package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.0.18-10woody2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-665

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 16311

File Name: debian_DSA-665.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/4/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/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:ncpfs

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/30/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0013

DSA: 665