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Debian DSA-1971-1 : libthai - integer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 44836

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Synopsis

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

Description

Tim Starling discovered that libthai, a set of Thai language support routines, is vulnerable of integer/heap overflow. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code by sending a very long string.

Solution

Upgrade the libthai package.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.1.6-1+etch1.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.1.9-4+lenny1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1971

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 44836

File Name: debian_DSA-1971.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4012

CWE: 189

DSA: 1971