Debian DSA-4163-1 : beep - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 108789

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that a race condition in beep (if configured as setuid via debconf) allows local privilege escalation.

Solution

Upgrade the beep packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3-3+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3-4+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 108789

File Name: debian_DSA-4163.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/3/2018

Updated: 11/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-0492

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:beep, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0492

DSA: 4163

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