Debian DSA-2193-1 : libcgroup - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 52691

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several issues have been discovered in libcgroup, a library to control and monitor control groups :

- CVE-2011-1006 Heap-based buffer overflow by converting list of controllers for given task into an array of strings could lead to privilege escalation by a local attacker.

- CVE-2011-1022 libcgroup did not properly check the origin of Netlink messages, allowing a local attacker to send crafted Netlink messages which could lead to privilege escalation.

The oldstable distribution (lenny) does not contain libcgroup packages.

Solution

Upgrade the libcgroup packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.36.2-3+squeeze1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 52691

File Name: debian_DSA-2193.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/17/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcgroup

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1006, CVE-2011-1022

BID: 46578, 46729

DSA: 2193

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