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Debian DLA-2176-1 : inetutils security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 136630

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

NOTE: This DLA was intially sent on 2020-04-14 but for reasons unknown failed to reach the mailing list. It is being re-sent now to ensure that it appears in the mailing list archive. No new version of inetutils has been published since version 2:1.9.2.39.3a460-3+deb8u1 described in the original advisory.

A vulnerability was discovered in the telnetd component of inetutils, a collection of network utilities. Execution of arbitrary remote code was possible through short writes or urgent data.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.9.2.39.3a460-3+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your inetutils 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/2020/05/msg00012.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 136630

File Name: debian_DLA-2176.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/15/2020

Updated: 3/12/2024

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10188

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-talk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-telnetd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-inetd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-ftpd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-ftp, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-syslogd, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-ping, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-telnet, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-traceroute, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-talkd

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10188

IAVA: 2020-A-0293