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Debian DSA-1448-1 : eggdrop - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29857

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that eggdrop, an advanced IRC robot, was vulnerable to a buffer overflow which could result in a remote user executing arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the eggdrop package.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.17-3sarge1.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.18-1etch1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=427157

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1448

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29857

File Name: debian_DSA-1448.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/7/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2807

BID: 24070

DSA: 1448