Debian DLA-1357-1 : gunicorn security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 109217

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was an issue in the gunicorn HTTP server for Python applicatons where CRLF sequences could result in an attacker tricking the server into returning arbitrary headers.

For more information and background, please see :

https://epadillas.github.io/2018/04/02/http-header-splitting-in-gunico rn-19.4.5

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in gunicorn version 0.14.5-3+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your gunicorn packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected gunicorn package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109217

File Name: debian_DLA-1357.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/23/2018

Updated: 10/29/2024

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

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000164

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gunicorn, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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: 4/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000164

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