Debian DSA-4801-1 : brotli - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 143439

Synopsis

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

Description

A buffer overflow was discovered in Brotli, a generic-purpose lossless compression suite.

Solution

Upgrade the brotli packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.7-2+deb10u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/brotli

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/brotli

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4801

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 143439

File Name: debian_DSA-4801.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/2/2020

Updated: 2/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8927

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:brotli, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8927

DSA: 4801