Debian DSA-4106-1 : libtasn1-6 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 106661

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Synopsis

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

Description

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in Libtasn1, a library to manage ASN.1 structures, allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial of service against an application using the Libtasn1 library.

Solution

Upgrade the libtasn1-6 packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 4.10-1.1+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106661

File Name: debian_DSA-4106.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/8/2018

Updated: 11/13/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtasn1-6, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-10790, CVE-2018-6003

DSA: 4106

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