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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 / 7.10 : pwlib vulnerability (USN-561-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29917

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

Jose Miguel Esparza discovered that pwlib did not correctly handle large string lengths. A remote attacker could send specially crafted packets to applications linked against pwlib (e.g. Ekiga) causing them to crash, leading to a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/561-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29917

File Name: ubuntu_USN-561-1.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/10/2008

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpt-plugins-v4l2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpt-doc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpt-1.10.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpt-plugins-avc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpt-plugins-v4l, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpt-plugins-dc, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpt-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpt-plugins-alsa, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpt-plugins-oss, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpt-dev

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4897

CWE: 399

USN: 561-1