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Debian DSA-1385-1 : xfs - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 26976

Synopsis

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

Description

Sean Larsson discovered that two code paths inside the X Font Server handle integer values insecurely, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the xfs packages.

For the oldstable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge5 of xfree86. Packages for m68k are not yet available. They will be provided later.

For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1-7.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1385

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 26976

File Name: debian_DSA-1385.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2007

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xfs

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4568

CWE: 119, 189

DSA: 1385