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Debian DSA-1626-1 : httrack - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 33775

Synopsis

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

Description

Joan Calvet discovered that httrack, a utility to create local copies of websites, is vulnerable to a buffer overflow potentially allowing to execute arbitrary code when passed excessively long URLs.

Solution

Upgrade the httrack package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.40.4-3.1+etch1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1626

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 33775

File Name: debian_DSA-1626.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/1/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3429

BID: 30425

CWE: 119

DSA: 1626