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Debian DSA-1255-1 : libgtop2 - buffer overflow

low Nessus Plugin ID 24294

Synopsis

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

Description

Liu Qishuai discovered that the GNOME gtop library performs insufficient sanitising when parsing the system's /proc table, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the libgtop2 packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.0-4sarge1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 2.14.4-3.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=407020

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1255

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 24294

File Name: debian_DSA-1255.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/9/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgtop2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0235

CWE: 119

DSA: 1255