Debian DSA-1064-1 : cscope - buffer overflows

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22606

Synopsis

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

Description

Jason Duell discovered that cscope, a source code browsing tool, does not verify the length of file names sourced in include statements, which may potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary code through specially crafted source code files.

Solution

Upgrade the cscope package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 15.3-1woody3.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 15.5-1.1sarge1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22606

File Name: debian_DSA-1064.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:debian:debian_linux:cscope, 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: 5/19/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-2541

CWE: 119

DSA: 1064

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