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Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-886-1)

🗓️ 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'chmlib' package(s) announced via the DSA-886-1 advisory. Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in chmlib, a library for dealing with CHM format files. The remote host is affected by multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code

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# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55814");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2659", "CVE-2005-2930", "CVE-2005-3318");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:03:37 +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:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-886-1)");
  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\.1");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-886-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2005/DSA-886-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-886");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'chmlib' package(s) announced via the DSA-886-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in chmlib, a library for dealing with CHM format files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2005-2659

Palasik Sandor discovered a buffer overflow in the LZX decompression method.

CVE-2005-2930

A buffer overflow has been discovered that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

CVE-2005-3318

Sven Tantau discovered a buffer overflow that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain chmlib packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.35-6sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 0.37-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your chmlib packages.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'chmlib' package(s) on Debian 3.1.");

  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 == "DEB3.1") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"chmlib", ver:"0.35-6sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"chmlib-bin", ver:"0.35-6sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"chmlib-dev", ver:"0.35-6sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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