Debian DSA-2771-1 : nas - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 70355

Synopsis

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

Description

Hamid Zamani discovered multiple security problems (buffer overflows, format string vulnerabilities and missing input sanitising), which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the nas packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.2-4squeeze1.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.3-5wheezy1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/nas

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/nas

https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2771

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 70355

File Name: debian_DSA-2771.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/10/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nas

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4256, CVE-2013-4258

BID: 61843, 61848, 61852

DSA: 2771