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Debian DSA-4298-1 : hylafax - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 117621

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Synopsis

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

Description

Luis Merino, Markus Vervier and Eric Sesterhenn discovered that missing input sanitising in the Hylafax fax software could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code via a malformed fax message.

Solution

Upgrade the hylafax packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 3:6.0.6-7+deb9u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/hylafax

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/hylafax

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4298

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 117621

File Name: debian_DSA-4298.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/21/2018

Updated: 8/6/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17141

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 9/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17141

DSA: 4298