Debian DSA-4478-1 : dosbox - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 126608

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Synopsis

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

Description

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the DOSBox emulator, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code on the host running DOSBox when running a malicious executable in the emulator.

Solution

Upgrade the dosbox packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.74-4.2+deb9u2.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 0.74-2-3+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 126608

File Name: debian_DSA-4478.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/11/2019

Updated: 5/10/2024

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-2019-7165

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:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dosbox, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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: 7/10/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/2/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12594, CVE-2019-7165

DSA: 4478

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