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Debian DSA-1165-1 : capi4hylafax - missing input sanitising

high Nessus Plugin ID 22707

Synopsis

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

Description

Lionel Elie Mamane discovered a security vulnerability in capi4hylafax, tools for faxing over a CAPI 2.0 device, that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the fax receiving system.

Solution

Upgrade the capi4hylafax package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 01.02.03-10sarge2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1165

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22707

File Name: debian_DSA-1165.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

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: 5.5

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:capi4hylafax, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3126

DSA: 1165