Debian DSA-3906-1 : undertow - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 101379

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in Undertow, a web server written in Java, which may lead to denial of service or HTTP request smuggling.

Solution

Upgrade the undertow packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.8-1+deb9u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/undertow

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3906

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 101379

File Name: debian_DSA-3906.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:undertow

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2666, CVE-2017-2670

DSA: 3906