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Debian DSA-4822-1 : p11-kit - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 144691

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Synopsis

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

Description

David Cook reported several memory safety issues affecting the RPC protocol in p11-kit, a library providing a way to load and enumerate PKCS#11 modules.

Solution

Upgrade the p11-kit packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 0.23.15-2+deb10u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/p11-kit

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/p11-kit

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4822

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 144691

File Name: debian_DSA-4822.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/4/2021

Updated: 1/13/2021

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:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-29362

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:p11-kit

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/1/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-29361, CVE-2020-29362, CVE-2020-29363

DSA: 4822