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Debian DSA-923-1 : dropbear - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22789

Synopsis

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

Description

A buffer overflow has been discovered in dropbear, a lightweight SSH2 server and client, that may allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary code as the server user (usually root).

Solution

Upgrade the dropbear package.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain dropbear packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.45-2sarge0.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-923

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22789

File Name: debian_DSA-923.nasl

Version: 1.18

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4178

DSA: 923