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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64212
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1102
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory RHSA-2009:1102.;;cscope is a mature, ncurses-based, C source-code tree browsing tool.;;Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in cscope. An attacker could;create a specially crafted source code file that could cause cscope to;crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when browsed with cscope.;(CVE-2004-2541, CVE-2009-0148);;All users of cscope are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which;contains backported patches to fix these issues. All running instances of;cscope must be restarted for this update to take effect.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2009:1102.

cscope is a mature, ncurses-based, C source-code tree browsing tool.

Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in cscope. An attacker could
create a specially crafted source code file that could cause cscope to
crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when browsed with cscope.
(CVE-2004-2541, CVE-2009-0148)

All users of cscope are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
contains backported patches to fix these issues. All running instances of
cscope must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date

CVSS Score:
9.3

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-2541
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
BugTraq ID: 18050
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18050
BugTraq ID: 25159
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
Debian Security Information: DSA-1064 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1064
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-10.xml
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1064875&group_id=4664&atid=104664
http://www.osvdb.org/11920
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10069
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1101.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1102.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/13237
http://secunia.com/advisories/20191
http://secunia.com/advisories/20564
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235
http://secunia.com/advisories/35462
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-0148
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
BugTraq ID: 34805
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34805
Cert/CC Advisory: TA09-133A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
Debian Security Information: DSA-1806 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1806
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-02.xml
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=E1LsGx3-00015K-TN%40ddv4jf1.ch3.sourceforge.com&forum_name=cscope-cvs
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/9
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9633
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022218
http://secunia.com/advisories/34978
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
http://secunia.com/advisories/35213
http://secunia.com/advisories/35214
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1238
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
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