Debian DLA-1526-1 : 389-ds-base security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 117836

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that the emergency logging system in 389-ds-base (the 389 Directory Server) is affected by a race condition caused by the invalidation of the concurrently used log file file descriptor without proper locking. This issue might be triggered by remote attackers to cause DoS (crash) and any other undefined behavior.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.3.5-4+deb8u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your 389-ds-base 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/msg00037.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/389-ds-base

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117836

File Name: debian_DLA-1526.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/1/2018

Updated: 8/1/2024

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: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14624

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:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:389-ds-base-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:389-ds-base-libs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:389-ds-base-dbg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:389-ds-base, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:389-ds, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:389-ds-base-libs-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: 9/29/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14624