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Debian DSA-813-1 : centericq - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 19709

Synopsis

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

Description

Several problems have been discovered in libgadu which is also part of centericq, a text-mode multi-protocol instant messenger client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

 - CAN-2005-2369 Multiple integer signedness errors may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

 - CAN-2005-2370

 Memory alignment errors may allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service on certain architectures such as sparc.

 - CAN-2005-2448

 Several endianess errors may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the centericq package.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by these problems.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 4.20.0-1sarge2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-813

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19709

File Name: debian_DSA-813.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/17/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2369, CVE-2005-2370, CVE-2005-2448

BID: 14415

DSA: 813