Debian DSA-595-1 addresses buffer overflow in BNC, allowing code execution on client host.
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 12 |
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![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 595-1] New bnc packages arbitrary code execution | 24 Nov 200407:52 | – | debian |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 595-1] New bnc packages arbitrary code execution | 24 Nov 200407:52 | – | debian |
![]() | FreeBSD : bnc -- remotely exploitable buffer overflow in getnickuserhost (9be819c6-4633-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82) | 13 Jul 200500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | FreeBSD Ports: bnc | 4 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | FreeBSD Ports: bnc | 4 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-595-1) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 595-1 (bnc) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | bnc - buffer overflow | 24 Nov 200400:00 | – | osv |
![]() | CVE-2004-1052 | 1 Mar 200505:00 | – | cve |
![]() | CVE-2004-1052 | 18 Nov 200405:00 | – | cvelist |
Source | Link |
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debian | www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-595 |
cve | www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-595. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(15824);
script_version("1.17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1052");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"595");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-595-1 : bnc - buffer overflow");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Leon Juranic discovered that BNC, an IRC session bouncing proxy, does
not always protect buffers from being overwritten. This could
exploited by a malicious IRC server to overflow a buffer of limited
size and execute arbitrary code on the client host."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-595"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the bnc package.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.6.4-3.3.
This package does not exist in the testing or unstable distributions."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bnc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/11/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/11/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2004/11/10");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"bnc", reference:"2.6.4-3.3")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
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