Debian DSA-4044-1 : swauth - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 104723

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Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in swauth, an authentication system for Swift, a distributed virtual object store used in Openstack.

The authentication token for an user is saved in clear text to the log file, which could enable an attacker with access to the logs to bypass the authentication provided by swauth.

Solution

Upgrade the swauth packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.0-2+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 104723

File Name: debian_DSA-4044.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/22/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16613

DSA: 4044

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