Debian DLA-2562-1 : mumble security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 146610

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was a a remote code execution vulnerability in mumble, a VoIP client commonly used for group chats.
The exploit could have been been triggered by a maliciously crafted URL on the server list.

For Debian 9 'Stretch', this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.18-1+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your mumble packages.

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

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 mumble, mumble-dbg, and mumble-server packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00022.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/mumble

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146610

File Name: debian_DLA-2562.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/19/2021

Updated: 2/24/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-27229

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:mumble, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mumble-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mumble-server, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-27229