Overly broad permissions can turn one compromised account into a much larger security problem. Learn how to reduce unnecessary access, review privileges, and apply least privilege across modern Linux systems. Review Linux Privileges×

Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 515
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 515

Debian: DSA-2771-1 Moderate: NAS Remote Buffer Overflow

debian
Calendar Grey October 9, 2013
Scroller Debian
Numerous vulnerabilities in NAS have been addressed through recent patches. Insights on heap corruption and preventive strategies.
Hamid Zamani discovered multiple security problems (buffer overflows, format string vulnerabilities and missing input sanitising), which could lead to the execution of arbitrary co...
Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow debian threat remote nas

Summary

Hamid Zamani discovered multiple security problems (buffer overflows,
format string vulnerabilities and missing input sanitising), which
could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.9.2-4squeeze1.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.9.3-5wheezy1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.9.3-6.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.9.3-6.

We recommend that you upgrade your nas packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



Package: nas
CVE ID: CVE-2013-4256 CVE-2013-4257 CVE-2013-4258

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow debian threat remote nas

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.