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Debian DSA-2916-1 : libmms - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 73744

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Synopsis

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

Description

Alex Chapman discovered that a buffer overflow in processing 'MMS over HTTP' messages could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the libmms packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.6-1+squeeze2.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.2-3+deb7u1.

See Also

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

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2916

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73744

File Name: debian_DSA-2916.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/29/2014

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: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmms, 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: 4/28/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2892

BID: 66933

DSA: 2916