Debian DLA-2660-1 : libgetdata security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 149488

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

One security issue has been discovered in libgetdata

CVE-2021-20204

A heap memory corruption problem (use after free) can be triggered when processing maliciously crafted dirfile databases. This degrades the confidentiality, integrity and availability of third-party software that uses libgetdata as a library.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.4-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgetdata packages.

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

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: Critical

ID: 149488

File Name: debian_DLA-2660.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2021

Updated: 1/12/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-20204

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:libgetdata-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-pygetdata, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libf95getdata6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgetdata-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-pygetdata, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgetdata-perl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgetdata%2b%2b6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfgetdata5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgetdata-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgetdata7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20204

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