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GLSA-200606-10 : Cscope: Many buffer overflows

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21703

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200606-10 (Cscope: Many buffer overflows)

 Cscope does not verify the length of file names sourced in #include statements.
 Impact :

 A user could be enticed to source a carefully crafted file which will allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Cscope.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Cscope users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-util/cscope-15.5-r6'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200606-10

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21703

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200606-10.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 6/16/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:cscope, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-2541

CWE: 119

GLSA: 200606-10