Debian DSA-760-1 : ekg - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 19223

Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in ekg, a console Gadu Gadu client, an instant messaging program. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities :

- CAN-2005-1850 Marcin Owsiany and Wojtek Kaniewski discovered insecure temporary file creation in contributed scripts.

- CAN-2005-1851

Marcin Owsiany and Wojtek Kaniewski discovered potential shell command injection in a contributed script.

- CAN-2005-1916

Eric Romang discovered insecure temporary file creation and arbitrary command execution in a contributed script that can be exploited by a local attacker.

Solution

Upgrade the ekg package.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain an ekg package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.5+20050411-4.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 19223

File Name: debian_DSA-760.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/19/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ekg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1850, CVE-2005-1851, CVE-2005-1916

DSA: 760

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