Debian Security Advisory DSA 1432-1: link-grammar insufficient validatio
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 30 |
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![]() | [SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: link-grammar-4.2.5-1.fc8 | 13 Nov 200700:06 | – | fedora |
![]() | [SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: link-grammar-4.2.5-1.fc7 | 15 Nov 200703:37 | – | fedora |
![]() | Fedora Update for link-grammar FEDORA-2007-3235 | 27 Feb 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Ubuntu Update for link-grammar vulnerability USN-545-1 | 23 Mar 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for link-grammar FEDORA-2007-3339 | 27 Feb 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-545-1) | 23 Mar 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for link-grammar FEDORA-2007-3339 | 27 Feb 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for link-grammar FEDORA-2007-3235 | 27 Feb 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1432-1) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200711-27 (link-grammar) | 24 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_1432_1.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 1432-1
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largerly excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "Alin Rad Pop discovered that link-grammar, Carnegie Mellon University's
link grammar parser for English, performed insufficient validation within
its tokenizer, which could allow a malicious input file to execute
arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version
4.2.2-4etch1.
For the old stable distribution (sarge), this package was not present.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem was fixed in version
4.2.5-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your link-grammar package.";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to link-grammar
announced via advisory DSA 1432-1.";
tag_solution = "https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201432-1";
if(description)
{
script_id(60043);
script_version("$Revision: 6616 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-07 14:10:49 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 23:23:47 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5395");
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 1432-1 (link-grammar)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"link-grammar-dictionaries-en", ver:"4.2.2-4etch1", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"liblink-grammar4-dev", ver:"4.2.2-4etch1", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"link-grammar", ver:"4.2.2-4etch1", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"liblink-grammar4", ver:"4.2.2-4etch1", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}
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