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Debian DSA-1124-1 : fbi - typo

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22666

Synopsis

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

Description

Toth Andras discovered that the fbgs framebuffer postscript/PDF viewer contains a typo, which prevents the intended filter against malicious postscript commands from working correctly. This might lead to the deletion of user data when displaying a postscript file.

Solution

Upgrade the fbi package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.01-1.2sarge2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1124

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22666

File Name: debian_DSA-1124.nasl

Version: 1.13

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: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3119

DSA: 1124