Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-2659 - Unspecified vulnerability in JED Wing CHM LIB 0.35

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
jed-wing
nessus

Summary

Buffer overflow in the LZX decompression in CHM Lib (chmlib) 0.35, as used in products such as KchmViewer, has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Jed_Wing
1

Nessus

NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-886.NASL
descriptionSeveral vulnerabilities have been discovered in chmlib, a library for dealing with CHM format files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2005-2659 Palasik Sandor discovered a buffer overflow in the LZX decompression method. - CVE-2005-2930 A buffer overflow has been discovered that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. - CVE-2005-3318 Sven Tantau discovered a buffer overflow that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id22752
published2006-10-14
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/22752
titleDebian DSA-886-1 : chmlib - several vulnerabilities
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-886. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(22752);
  script_version("1.20");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:19");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2659", "CVE-2005-2930", "CVE-2005-3318");
  script_bugtraq_id(15211);
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"886");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-886-1 : chmlib - several vulnerabilities");
  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:
"Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in chmlib, a library for
dealing with CHM format files. The Common Vulnerabilities and
Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2005-2659
    Palasik Sandor discovered a buffer overflow in the LZX
    decompression method.

  - CVE-2005-2930
    A buffer overflow has been discovered that could lead to
    the execution of arbitrary code.

  - CVE-2005-3318
    Sven Tantau discovered a buffer overflow that could lead
    to the execution of arbitrary code."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-886"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the chmlib packages.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain chmlib packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 0.35-6sarge1."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chmlib");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/11/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/10/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/09/12");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 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:"3.1", prefix:"chmlib", reference:"0.35-6sarge1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"chmlib-bin", reference:"0.35-6sarge1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"chmlib-dev", reference:"0.35-6sarge1")) 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");