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Debian DSA-678-1 : netkit-rwho - missing input validation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 16382

Synopsis

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

Description

'Vlad902' discovered a vulnerability in the rwhod program that can be used to crash the listening process. The broadcasting one is unaffected. This vulnerability only affects little endian architectures (i.e. on Debian: alpha, arm, ia64, i386, mipsel, and s390).

Solution

Upgrade the rwhod package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17-4woody2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-678

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 16382

File Name: debian_DSA-678.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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:netkit-rwho

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-2004-1180

DSA: 678