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Debian DSA-1083-1 : motor - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 22625

Synopsis

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

Description

Mehdi Oudad and Kevin Fernandez discovered a buffer overflow in the ktools library which is used in motor, an integrated development environment for C, C++ and Java, which may lead local attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the motor package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.2.2-2woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.4.0-2sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=368400

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1083

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22625

File Name: debian_DSA-1083.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:motor, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3863

DSA: 1083