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Debian DSA-726-1 : oops - format string vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18513

Synopsis

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

Description

A format string vulnerability has been discovered in the MySQL/PgSQL authentication module of Oops, a caching HTTP proxy server written for performance.

Solution

Upgrade the oops package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.19.cvs.20010818-0.1woody1

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=307360

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-726

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18513

File Name: debian_DSA-726.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/17/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1121

DSA: 726