Debian DLA-1864-1 : patch security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 127076

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

An issue with quoting has been found in patch, a tool to apply a diff file to an original, when invoking ed. In order to avoid this, ed is now directly started instead of calling a shell which starts ed.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.5-1+deb8u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your patch 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 patch package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 127076

File Name: debian_DLA-1864.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/26/2019

Updated: 5/8/2024

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: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-13638

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:patch

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: 7/25/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13638

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