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Debian DLA-1499-1 : discount security update
medium Nessus Plugin ID 117367
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
Several heap-based buffer over-reads were found in discount, an implementation of the Markdown markup language in C, that allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via specially crafted files.For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.7-1+deb8u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your discount 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 packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00009.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 117367
File Name: debian_DLA-1499.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 9/10/2018
Updated: 8/8/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-12495
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmarkdown2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:discount, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmarkdown2-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmarkdown2-dbg
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: 9/8/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-11468, CVE-2018-11503, CVE-2018-11504, CVE-2018-12495