Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | New jgroff packages fix printf format problem |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | DSA-107 | First vendor Publication | 2002-01-30 |
| Vendor | Debian | Last vendor Modification | 2002-01-30 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 1 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Basically, this is the same Security Advisory as DSA 072-1, but for jgroff instead of groff. The package jgroff contains a version derived from groff that has japaneze character sets enabled. This package is available only in the stable release of Debian, patches for japanese support have been merged into the main groff package. The old advisory said: Zenith Parse found a security problem in groff (the GNU version of troff). The pic command was vulnerable to a printf format attack which made it possible to circumvent the `-S' option and execute arbitrary code. wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-107 |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 6 | |
| Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 072-1 (groff) File : nvt/deb_072_1.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 107-1 (jgroff) File : nvt/deb_107_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 1914 | Groff pic Utility Format String Remote Command Execution groff contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary code. The issue is triggered when an attacker uses LPD to pass a specially crafted string to the pic utility included in groff. It is possible that the flaw may allow arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2004-09-29 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-072.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-09-29 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-107.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 11:25:49 |
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| 2013-05-11 12:16:54 |
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