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Debian DLA-1738-1 : gpsd security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 123525

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

A security vulnerability was discovered in gpsd, the Global Positioning System daemon. A stack-based buffer overflow may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via traffic on port 2947/TCP or crafted JSON inputs.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 3.11-3+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your gpsd 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/2019/03/msg00040.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/gpsd

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 123525

File Name: debian_DLA-1738.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/1/2019

Updated: 6/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17937

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gpsd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgps-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libqgpsmm-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgps21, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gpsd-clients, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-gps, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libqgpsmm21, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gpsd-dbg

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17937