Debian DSA-2628-1 : nss-pam-ldapd - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64671

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Synopsis

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

Description

Garth Mollett discovered that a file descriptor overflow issue in the use of FD_SET() in nss-pam-ldapd, which provides NSS and PAM modules for using LDAP as a naming service, can lead to a stack-based buffer overflow. An attacker could, under some circumstances, use this flaw to cause a process that has the NSS or PAM module loaded to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the nss-pam-ldapd packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze) this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.15+squeeze4.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64671

File Name: debian_DSA-2628.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/19/2013

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nss-pam-ldapd, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0288

BID: 58007

DSA: 2628

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