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Debian DLA-2595-1 : velocity security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 147903

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was a potential arbitrary code execution vulnerability in velocity, a Java-based template engine for writing web applications. It could be exploited by applications which allowed untrusted users to upload/modify templates.

For Debian 9 'Stretch', this problem has been fixed in version 1.7-5+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your velocity packages.

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

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 velocity, and velocity-doc packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00019.html

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 147903

File Name: debian_DLA-2595.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/19/2021

Updated: 1/12/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13936

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:velocity, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:velocity-doc, 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: 3/17/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13936