Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-0016 - Unspecified vulnerability in Gatos 0.0.5

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
gatos
nessus

Summary

Buffer overflow in the exported_display function in xatitv in gatos before 0.0.5 allows local users to execute arbitrary code.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Gatos
1

Nessus

NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-640.NASL
descriptionErik Sjolund discovered a buffer overflow in xatitv, one of the programs in the gatos package, that is used to display video with certain ATI video cards. xatitv is installed setuid root in order to gain direct access to the video hardware.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id16176
published2005-01-17
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/16176
titleDebian DSA-640-1 : gatos - 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-640. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(16176);
  script_version("1.21");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:18");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0016");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"640");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-640-1 : gatos - 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:
"Erik Sjolund discovered a buffer overflow in xatitv, one of the
programs in the gatos package, that is used to display video with
certain ATI video cards. xatitv is installed setuid root in order to
gain direct access to the video hardware."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-640"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the gatos package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 0.0.5-6woody3."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

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

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/01/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/01/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/01/17");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 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:"gatos", reference:"0.0.5-6woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"libgatos-dev", reference:"0.0.5-6woody3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.0", prefix:"libgatos0", reference:"0.0.5-6woody3")) 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");