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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libgadu (MDVSA-2014:039)

high Nessus Plugin ID 72563

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated libgadu packages fix security vulnerability :

A malicious server or man-in-the-middle could send a large value for Content-Length and cause an integer overflow which could lead to a buffer overflow in Gadu-Gadu HTTP parsing (CVE-2013-6487).

Solution

Update the affected lib64gadu-devel and / or lib64gadu3 packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0074.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 72563

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2014-039.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 2/19/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gadu-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64gadu3, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6487

BID: 65188

MDVSA: 2014:039