Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-0852 - Unspecified vulnerability in Htget 0.93

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
htget
nessus

Summary

Buffer overflow in htget 0.93 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted URL.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Htget
1

Nessus

NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-611.NASL
description'infamous41md
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id16007
published2004-12-20
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/16007
titleDebian DSA-611-1 : htget - buffer overflow
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-611. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(16007);
  script_version("1.16");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:18");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0852");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"611");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-611-1 : htget - buffer overflow");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"'infamous41md' discovered a buffer overflow in htget, a file grabber
that will get files from HTTP servers. It is possible to overflow a
buffer and execute arbitrary code by accessing a malicious URL."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-611"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the htget package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.93-1.1woody1.

This package is not present in the testing and unstable distributions."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:htget");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/12/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/12/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2004/12/20");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"htget", reference:"0.93-1.1woody1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");