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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in ekg 2005-04-11. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
ekg before 1:1.7~rc2-1etch1 on Debian GNU/Linux Etch allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a vector related to the token OCR functionality.
The bug was discovered 06/22/2007. The weakness was published 06/22/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-1664 since 03/24/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25584 (Debian DSA-1318-1 : ekg - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 2005-04-11 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35135) and Tenable (25584). Similar entries are available at 25933, 25862, 37496 and 37494.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Null pointer dereferenceCWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 25584
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1318-1 : ekg - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 58424
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1318-1 (ekg)
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Upgrade: ekg 2005-04-11
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Sources
Advisory: debian.orgStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2007-1664 (🔍)
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X-Force: 35135
Vulnerability Center: 15517 - EKG Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to cause DoS via the token OCR Functionality, Medium
SecurityFocus: 24600 - EKG Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 45378 - ekg on Debian Linux Token OCR Functionality NULL Dereference Remote DoS
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Entry
Created: 03/15/2015 15:58Updated: 07/21/2019 10:56
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (73), 07/21/2019 10:56 (2)
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