Debian DSA-4660-1 : awl - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 135878

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Synopsis

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

Description

Andrew Bartlett discovered that awl, DAViCal Andrew's Web Libraries, did not properly handle session management: this would allow a malicious user to impersonate other sessions or users.

Solution

Upgrade the awl packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.57-1+deb9u1.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 0.60-1+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 135878

File Name: debian_DSA-4660.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/22/2020

Updated: 3/15/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2020-11729

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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:awl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, 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: 4/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11728, CVE-2020-11729

DSA: 4660

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