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Debian DSA-1226-1 : links - insufficient escaping

high Nessus Plugin ID 23844

Synopsis

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

Description

Teemu Salmela discovered that the links character mode web browser performs insufficient sanitising of smb:// URIs, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary shell commands.

Solution

Upgrade the links package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.99+1.00pre12-1sarge1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 0.99+1.00pre12-1.1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=399187

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1226

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 23844

File Name: debian_DSA-1226.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/3/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5925

DSA: 1226