Vulnerability Assessment & Network Security Forums

If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery.

Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Ubuntu Local Security Checks >> USN279-1 : libnasl vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Details

USN279-1 : libnasl vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
libnasl vulnerability

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

These remote packages are missing security patches :
- libnasl-dev
- libnasl2

Description :

Jayesh KS discovered that the nasl_split() function in the NASL
(Nessus Attack Scripting Language) library did not check for a
zero-length separator argument, which lead to an invalid memory
allocation. This library is primarily used in the Nessus security
scanner
a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause
the Nessus daemon to crash.

Solution :

Upgrade to :
- libnasl-dev-2.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 (Ubuntu 5.10)
- libnasl2-2.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 (Ubuntu 5.10)

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

Cables, Connectors