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GLSA-202402-31 : GNU Aspell: Heap Buffer Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 191001

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202402-31 (GNU Aspell: Heap Buffer Overflow)

 - objstack in GNU Aspell 0.60.8 has a heap-based buffer overflow in acommon::ObjStack::dup_top (called from acommon::StringMap::add and acommon::Config::lookup_list). (CVE-2019-25051)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All aspell users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-text/aspell-0.60.8-r3

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-31

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=803113

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191001

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202402-31.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 2/26/2024

Updated: 2/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-25051

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:aspell, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-25051