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GLSA-200503-23 : rxvt-unicode: Buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 17579

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-23 (rxvt-unicode: Buffer overflow)

 Rob Holland of the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered that rxvt-unicode fails to properly check input length.
 Impact :

 Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running rxvt-unicode.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All rxvt-unicode users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-terms/rxvt-unicode-5.3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200503-23

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 17579

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200503-23.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 3/21/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:rxvt-unicode, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0764

GLSA: 200503-23