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CentOS 4 : w3c-libwww (CESA-2007:0208)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 67040
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated w3c-libwww packages that fix a security issue and a bug are now available.This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
w3c-libwww is a general-purpose web library.
Several buffer overflow flaws in w3c-libwww were found. If a client application that uses w3c-libwww connected to a malicious HTTP server, it could trigger an out of bounds memory access, causing the client application to crash (CVE-2005-3183).
This updated version of w3c-libwww also fixes an issue when computing MD5 sums on a 64 bit machine.
Users of w3c-libwww should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.
Solution
Update the affected w3c-libwww packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 67040
File Name: centos_RHSA-2007-0208.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 6/29/2013
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:w3c-libwww-apps, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:w3c-libwww, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:w3c-libwww-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 5/2/2007
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2005
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2005-3183