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GLSA-200610-08 : Cscope: Multiple buffer overflows

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22894

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200610-08 (Cscope: Multiple buffer overflows)

 Unchecked use of strcpy() and *scanf() leads to several buffer overflows.
 Impact :

 A user could be enticed to open a carefully crafted file which would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Cscope.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Cscope users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-util/cscope-15.5.20060927'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200610-08

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22894

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200610-08.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 10/20/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:gentoo:linux:cscope, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4262

GLSA: 200610-08