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Debian DSA-1186-1 : cscope - buffer overflows

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22728

Synopsis

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

Description

Will Drewry of the Google Security Team discovered several buffer overflows in cscope, a source browsing tool, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the cscope package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 15.5-1.1sarge2.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=385893

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1186

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22728

File Name: debian_DSA-1186.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: 5.2

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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cscope, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4262

DSA: 1186