Debian DLA-289-1 : remind security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 85279

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Alexander Keller discovered a buffer overflow issue in remind, a tool for sophisticatedly reminding you of upcoming events.

If running Debian squeeze LTS, we recommend upgrading remind to the latest version provided.

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 remind, and tkremind packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 85279

File Name: debian_DLA-289.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/10/2015

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: 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:tkremind, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:remind, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/7/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5957

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