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Debian DSA-834-1 : prozilla - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 19803

Synopsis

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

Description

Tavis Ormandy discovered a buffer overflow in prozilla, a multi-threaded download accelerator, which may be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the prozilla package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.6-3woody3.

The stable distribution (sarge) does not contain prozilla packages.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-834

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19803

File Name: debian_DSA-834.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/5/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:prozilla

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2961

DSA: 834