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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58424
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1318-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ekg' package(s) announced via the DSA-1318-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ekg' package(s) announced via the DSA-1318-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in ekg, a console Gadu Gadu client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2005-2370

It was discovered that memory alignment errors may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service on certain architectures such as sparc. This only affects Debian Sarge.

CVE-2005-2448

It was discovered that several endianness errors may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This only affects Debian Sarge.

CVE-2007-1663

It was discovered that a memory leak in handling image messages may lead to denial of service. This only affects Debian Etch.

CVE-2007-1664

It was discovered that a null pointer deference in the token OCR code may lead to denial of service. This only affects Debian Etch.

CVE-2007-1665

It was discovered that a memory leak in the token OCR code may lead to denial of service. This only affects Debian Etch.

For the oldstable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.5+20050411-7. This updates lacks updated packages for the m68k architecture. They will be provided later.

For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.7~
rc2-1etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.7~
rc2-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your ekg packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'ekg' package(s) on Debian 3.1, Debian 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2370
BugTraq ID: 24600
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24600
Bugtraq: 20050721 Multiple vulnerabilities in libgadu and ekg package (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112198499417250&w=2
Debian Security Information: DSA-1318 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1318
Debian Security Information: DSA-813 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-813
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10456
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-627.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/16265
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2448
BugTraq ID: 14415
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14415
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11263
http://secunia.com/advisories/16140
http://secunia.com/advisories/16155
http://secunia.com/advisories/16363
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-1663
http://osvdb.org/45377
XForce ISS Database: ekg-image-message-dos(35134)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35134
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-1664
http://osvdb.org/45378
XForce ISS Database: ekg-token-ocr-dos(35135)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35135
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-1665
http://osvdb.org/45379
XForce ISS Database: ekg-ocr-function-dos(35136)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35136
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