Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56701
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-279-1 (libnasl)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to libnasl announced via advisory USN-279-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) The following packages are affected: libnasl2 Jayesh KS discovered that the nasl_split() function in the NASL (Nessus Attack Scripting Language) library did not check for a zero-length separator argument, which lead to an invalid memory allocation. This library is primarily used in the Nessus security scanner a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the Nessus daemon to crash. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 2.2.3-1ubuntu0.1 (libnasl-dev and libnasl2) and 2.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 (libnasl-dev and libnasl2). After a standard system upgrade you need to restart nessusd to effect the necessary changes. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-279-1 Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 2.6
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-2093 Bugtraq: 20060425 NASL 'Split' function Buffer overflow Vulnerability (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431987/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20060425 Re: NASL 'Split' function Buffer overflow Vulnerability (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431993/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431994/100/0/threaded http://www.osvdb.org/25084 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015996 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/817 https://usn.ubuntu.com/279-1/ http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1541 XForce ISS Database: nessus-nasl-split-dos(26034) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26034
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