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Debian DSA-1731-1 : ndiswrapper - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 35762

Synopsis

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

Description

Anders Kaseorg discovered that ndiswrapper suffers from buffer overflows via specially crafted wireless network traffic, due to incorrectly handling long ESSIDs. This could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.28-1+etch1.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.53-2, which was already included in the lenny release.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504696

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1731

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35762

File Name: debian_DSA-1731.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/4/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ndiswrapper, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4395

CWE: 119

DSA: 1731