Debian DLA-32-1 : nspr security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 82180

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Abhiskek Arya discovered an out of bounds write in the cvt_t() function of the NetScape Portable Runtime Library which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2014/08/msg00006.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/nspr

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 82180

File Name: debian_DLA-32.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/26/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnspr4-0d, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnspr4-0d-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnspr4-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1545

BID: 67975