Executive Summary

Summary
Title New chbg packages fix arbitrary code execution
Informations
Name DSA-644 First vendor Publication 2005-01-18
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2005-01-18
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:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Danny Lungstrom discoverd a vulnerability in chbg, a tool to change background pictures. A maliciously crafted configuration/scenario file could overflow a buffer and lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the victim's machine.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.5-1woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.5-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your chbg package.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-644

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 644-1 (chbg)
File : nvt/deb_644_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
12436 ChBg config.c simplify_path() Function Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2005-02-02 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-027.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-01-18 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-644.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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