The Debian 'rinetd' package in Debian 3.0 is missing an update, leading to a denial of service and potential code execution
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 12 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Debian DSA-289-1 : rinetd - incorrect memory resizing | 29 Sep 200400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CVE-2003-0212 | 12 May 200304:00 | – | nvd |
![]() | CVE-2003-0212 | 12 May 200304:00 | – | cve |
![]() | CAN-2003-0212 | 6 Aug 202410:38 | – | cve |
![]() | Vulnerability in rinetd | 18 Apr 200300:00 | – | securityvulns |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 289-1] New rinetd packages fix denial of service | 17 Apr 200313:13 | – | debian |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 289-1] New rinetd packages fix denial of service | 17 Apr 200313:13 | – | debian |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 289-1 (rinetd) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | CVE-2003-0212 | 26 Apr 200304:00 | – | cvelist |
![]() | DSA-289 rinetd - incorrect memory resizing | 17 Apr 200300:00 | – | osv |
Source | Link |
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debian | www.debian.org/security/2003/DSA-289 |
security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-289 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53360");
script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0212");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 21:28:10 +0000 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-289)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB3\.0");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-289");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2003/DSA-289");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-289");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'rinetd' package(s) announced via the DSA-289 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Sam Hocevar discovered a security problem in rinetd, an IP connection redirection server. When the connection list is full, rinetd resizes the list in order to store the new incoming connection. However, this is done improperly, resulting in a denial of service and potentially execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.61-1.1.
For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 0.52-2.1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.61-2
We recommend that you upgrade your rinetd package.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'rinetd' package(s) on Debian 3.0.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "DEB3.0") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"rinetd", ver:"0.61-1.1", rls:"DEB3.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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