Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200503-13 mlterm is vulnerable to an integer overflow, allowing execution of arbitrary code. Update to version 2.9.2 for fix
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 8 |
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![]() | CVE-2005-0686 | 8 Mar 200505:00 | – | cve |
![]() | CVE-2005-0686 | 8 Mar 200505:00 | – | cvelist |
![]() | GLSA-200503-13 : mlterm: Integer overflow vulnerability | 8 Mar 200500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CVE-2005-0686 | 7 Mar 200500:00 | – | ubuntucve |
![]() | CVE-2005-0686 | 8 Mar 200505:00 | – | debiancve |
![]() | Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200503-13 (mlterm) | 24 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | mlterm: Integer overflow vulnerability | 7 Mar 200500:00 | – | gentoo |
![]() | CVE-2005-0686 | 7 Mar 200505:00 | – | nvd |
Source | Link |
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bugs | www.bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi |
sourceforge | www.sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php |
securityspace | www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54878");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0686");
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_version("2023-07-14T16:09:26+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-14 16:09:26 +0000 (Fri, 14 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-24 21:14:03 +0200 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008)");
script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200503-13 (mlterm)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"mlterm is vulnerable to an integer overflow, which could potentially allow
the execution of arbitrary code.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"All mlterm users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-terms/mlterm-2.9.2'");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200503-13");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=84174");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=310416");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200503-13.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
report = "";
if ((res = ispkgvuln(pkg:"x11-terms/mlterm", unaffected: make_list("ge 2.9.2"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 2.9.2"))) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
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