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Debian DSA-677-1 : sympa - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 16381

Synopsis

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

Description

Erik Sjolund discovered that a support script of sympa, a mailing list manager, is running setuid sympa and vulnerable to a buffer overflow. This could potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary code under the sympa user id.

Solution

Upgrade the sympa package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.3-3woody2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-677

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 16381

File Name: debian_DSA-677.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/14/2005

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/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:sympa

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0073

DSA: 677