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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53280
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-592-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ez-ipupdate' package(s) announced via the DSA-592-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ez-ipupdate' package(s) announced via the DSA-592-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Ulf Harnhammar from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a format string vulnerability in ez-ipupdate, a client for many dynamic DNS services. This problem can only be exploited if ez-ipupdate is running in daemon mode (most likely) with many but not all service types.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.11b5-1woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.11b8-8.

We recommend that you upgrade your ez-ipupdate package.

Affected Software/OS:
'ez-ipupdate' package(s) on Debian 3.0.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0980
BugTraq ID: 11657
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11657
Debian Security Information: DSA-592 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-592
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-November/028590.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-20.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:129
http://secunia.com/advisories/13167/
XForce ISS Database: eziupdate-showmessage-format-string(18032)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18032
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