Debian DSA-2523-1 : globus-gridftp-server - programming error

high Nessus Plugin ID 61439

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that the GridFTP component from the Globus Toolkit, a toolkit used for building Grid systems and applications, performed insufficient validation of a name lookup, which could lead to privilege escalation.

Solution

Upgrade the globus-gridftp-server packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.23-1+squeeze1 of the globus-gridftp-server source package and in version 0.43-1+squeeze1 of the globus-gridftp-server-control source package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 61439

File Name: debian_DSA-2523.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/7/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:globus-gridftp-server

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3292

BID: 53778

DSA: 2523

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