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Debian DSA-1747-1 : glib2.0 - integer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35979

Synopsis

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

Description

Diego Petteno discovered that glib2.0, the GLib library of C routines, handles large strings insecurely via its Base64 encoding functions. This could possible lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the glib2.0 packages.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.16.6-1+lenny1.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.12.4-2+etch1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520046

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1747

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35979

File Name: debian_DSA-1747.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/22/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:glib2.0, 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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4316

BID: 34100

CWE: 189

DSA: 1747