Debian DSA-2807-1 : links2 - integer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 71146

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Synopsis

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

Description

Mikulas Patocka discovered an integer overflow in the parsing of HTML tables in the Links web browser. This can only be exploited when running Links in graphical mode.

Solution

Upgrade the links2 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3~pre1-1+squeeze2.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7-1+deb7u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 71146

File Name: debian_DSA-2807.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/2/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:links2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/30/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6050

BID: 64056

DSA: 2807

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