Debian DLA-1944-1 : libapreq2 security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 129571

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was a remotely-exploitable NULL pointer dereference in libapreq2, a library for manipulating HTTP requests.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this issue has been fixed in libapreq2 version 2.13-4+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libapreq2 packages.

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Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 129571

File Name: debian_DLA-1944.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/4/2019

Updated: 4/19/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12412

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libapreq2-3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libapache2-mod-apreq2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libapreq2-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libapache2-request-perl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libapreq2-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/3/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12412

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