Debian DLA-2513-1 : p11-kit security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 144738

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Several memory safety issues affecting the RPC protocol were fixed in p11-kit, a library providing a way to load and enumerate PKCS#11 modules.

CVE-2020-29361

Multiple integer overflows

CVE-2020-29362

Heap-based buffer over-read

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 0.23.3-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your p11-kit packages.

For the detailed security status of p11-kit please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/p11-kit

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 144738

File Name: debian_DLA-2513.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/5/2021

Updated: 1/13/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:p11-kit-modules, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libp11-kit0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:p11-kit, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libp11-kit-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: 1/4/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2020

Reference Information

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

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