9.6 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.027 Low
EPSS
Percentile
90.4%
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56805");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1617");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:09:45 +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:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1076-1)");
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=DEB(3\.0|3\.1)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-1076-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2006/DSA-1076-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1076");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'lynx' package(s) announced via the DSA-1076-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Michal Zalewski discovered that lynx, the popular text-mode WWW Browser, is not able to grok invalid HTML including a TEXTAREA tag with a large COLS value and a large tag name in an element that is not terminated, and loops forever trying to render the broken HTML.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.4.1b-3.4.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.5-2sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.5-2sarge2.
We recommend that you upgrade your lynx package.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'lynx' package(s) on Debian 3.0, 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 == "DEB3.0") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"lynx", ver:"2.8.4.1b-3.4", rls:"DEB3.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "DEB3.1") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"lynx", ver:"2.8.5-2sarge2", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);