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Debian DSA-832-1 : gopher - buffer overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 19801

Synopsis

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

Description

Several buffer overflows have been discovered in gopher, a text-oriented client for the Gopher Distributed Hypertext protocol, that can be exploited by a malicious Gopher server.

Solution

Upgrade the gopher package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.3woody4.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.7sarge2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-832

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19801

File Name: debian_DSA-832.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/5/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

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:gopher, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2772

DSA: 832