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Debian DSA-1931-1 : nspr - several vulnerabilities
critical Nessus Plugin ID 44796
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the NetScape Portable Runtime Library, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :
- CVE-2009-1563 A programming error in the string handling code may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
- CVE-2009-2463 An integer overflow in the Base64 decoding functions may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
Solution
Upgrade the NSPR packages.The old stable distribution (etch) doesn't contain nspr.
For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 4.7.1-5.
See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1563
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 44796
File Name: debian_DSA-1931.nasl
Version: 1.21
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 2/24/2010
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nspr, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0689, CVE-2009-2463