7.5 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.008 Low
EPSS
Percentile
81.2%
The remote host is missing an update to slrn
announced via advisory DSA 040-1.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53801");
script_cve_id("CVE-2001-0441");
script_version("2023-07-19T05:05:15+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-19 05:05:15 +0000 (Wed, 19 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 14:24:38 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
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 040-1 (slrn)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
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=DEB2\.2");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20040-1");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Bill Nottingham reported a problem in the wrapping/unwrapping
functions of the slrn newsreader. A long header in a message
might overflow a buffer and which could result into executing
arbitrary code encoded in the message.
The default configuration does not have wrapping enable, but it
can easily be enabled either by changing the configuration or
pressing W while viewing a message.
This has been fixed in version 0.9.6.2-9potato1 and we recommend
that you upgrade your slrn package immediately.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to slrn
announced via advisory DSA 040-1.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"slrn", ver:"0.9.6.2-9potato1", rls:"DEB2.2")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"slrnpull", ver:"0.9.6.2-9potato1", rls:"DEB2.2")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}