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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60270");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5837");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-31 18:16:52 +0000 (Thu, 31 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:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1477-1)");
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=DEB4");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-1477-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2008/DSA-1477-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1477");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'yarssr' package(s) announced via the DSA-1477-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Duncan Gilmore discovered that yarssr, an RSS aggregator and reader, performs insufficient input sanitising, which could result in the execution of arbitrary shell commands if a malformed feed is read.
Due to a technical limitation of the archive management scripts, the fix for the old stable distribution (sarge) needs to be postponed by a few days.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.2-1etch1.
We recommend that you upgrade your yarssr packages.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'yarssr' package(s) on Debian 4.");
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 == "DEB4") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"yarssr", ver:"0.2.2-1etch1", rls:"DEB4"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);