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Debian DSA-1230-1 : l2tpns - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 23791

Synopsis

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

Description

Rhys Kidd discovered a vulnerability in l2tpns, a layer 2 tunnelling protocol network server, which could be triggered by a remote user to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the l2tpns package.

For the stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.14-1sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=401742

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1230

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 23791

File Name: debian_DSA-1230.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/11/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:l2tpns, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/5/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5873

DSA: 1230