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Debian DSA-1664-1 : ekg - missing input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 34745

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that ekg, a console Gadu Gadu client performs insufficient input sanitising in the code to parse contact descriptions, which may result in denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the ekg package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.7~rc2-1etch2.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1664

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 34745

File Name: debian_DSA-1664.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4776

CWE: 119

DSA: 1664