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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56051
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-923-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'dropbear' package(s) announced via the DSA-923-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'dropbear' package(s) announced via the DSA-923-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A buffer overflow has been discovered in dropbear, a lightweight SSH2 server and client, that may allow authenticated users to execute arbitrary code as the server user (usually root).

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain dropbear packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.45-2sarge0.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.47-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your dropbear package.

Affected Software/OS:
'dropbear' package(s) on Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-4178
BugTraq ID: 15923
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15923/
Debian Security Information: DSA-923 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-923
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-13.xml
http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html
http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2005q4/000312.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18108
http://secunia.com/advisories/18109
http://secunia.com/advisories/18142
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2962
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