Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200809-15 (ed) mentions a buffer overflow vulnerability in ed allowing remote execution of arbitrary code. Users advised to upgrade to the latest version
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 51 |
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![]() | RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 / 5 : ed (RHSA-2008:0946) | 22 Oct 200800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Scientific Linux Security Update : ed on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64 | 1 Aug 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : ed (CESA-2008:0946) | 22 Oct 200800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : ed (MDVSA-2008:200) | 23 Apr 200900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | SuSE 10 Security Update : ed (ZYPP Patch Number 7301) | 21 Jan 201100:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 9 : ed-1.1-1.fc9 (2008-9263) | 31 Oct 200800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | openSUSE Security Update : ed (openSUSE-SU-2010:1084-1) | 5 May 201100:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | VMSA-2009-0003 : ESX 2.5.5 patch 12 updates service console package ed | 27 Jul 200900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 8 : ed-1.1-1.fc8 (2008-9236) | 31 Oct 200800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | GLSA-200809-15 : GNU ed: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code | 24 Sep 200800:00 | – | nessus |
Source | Link |
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bugs | www.bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi |
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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61652");
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:"2008-09-24 21:14:03 +0200 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-3916");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200809-15 (ed)");
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:"A buffer overflow vulnerability in ed may allow for the remote execution of
arbitrary code.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"All GNU ed users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/ed-1.0'");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200809-15");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=236521");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200809-15.");
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:"sys-apps/ed", unaffected: make_list("ge 1.0"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 1.0"))) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
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