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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53610
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-321)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'radiusd-cistron' package(s) announced via the DSA-321 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'radiusd-cistron' package(s) announced via the DSA-321 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
radiusd-cistron contains a bug allowing a buffer overflow when a long NAS-Port attribute is received. This could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the server with the privileges of the RADIUS daemon (usually root).

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.6-1woody1.

For the old stable distribution (potato), this problem will be fixed in a later advisory.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you update your radiusd-cistron package.

Affected Software/OS:
'radiusd-cistron' package(s) on Debian 3.0.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0450
Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2003:664
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000664
Debian Security Information: DSA-321 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-321
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=196063
SuSE Security Announcement: SuSE-SA:2003:030 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_030_radiusd_cistron.html
TurboLinux Advisory: TLSA-2003-40
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-40.txt
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