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Debian DSA-767-1 : ekg - integer overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 19316

Synopsis

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

Description

Marcin Slusarz discovered two integer overflow vulnerabilities in libgadu, a library provided and used by ekg, a console Gadu Gadu client, an instant messaging program, that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

The library is also used by other packages such as kopete, which should be restarted to take effect of this update.

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+20050411-5.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-767

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19316

File Name: debian_DSA-767.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/31/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

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:debian:debian_linux:ekg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1852

DSA: 767