Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.2.2016.768
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-768-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pgpdump' package(s) announced via the DLA-768-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pgpdump' package(s) announced via the DLA-768-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The read_binary function in buffer.c in pgpdump, a PGP packet visualizer, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via crafted input. This was assigned CVE-2016-4021. Also, the read_radix64 function the might read data from beyond the end of a buffer from crafted input. For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 0.27-1+deb7u1. For Debian 8 Jessie, these problems will be fixed in version 0.28-1+deb8u1, part of the upcoming point release For Debian 9 Stretch and Sid, these problems have been fixed in version 0.31-0.1 We recommend that you upgrade your pgpdump packages. Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: [link moved to references] Affected Software/OS: 'pgpdump' package(s) on Debian 7. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-4021 Bugtraq: 20160418 CVE-2016-4021: pgpdump 0.29 - Endless loop parsing specially crafted input (SYSS-2016-030) (Google Search) http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Apr/99 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184689.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184617.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183750.html https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2016-030.txt
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