Debian DSA-4948-1 : aspell - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 152169

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-4948 advisory.

A buffer overflow was discovered in the Aspell spell checker, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 0.60.7~20110707-6+deb10u1. We recommend that you upgrade your aspell packages. For the detailed security status of aspell please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security- tracker.debian.org/tracker/aspell

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the aspell packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 0.60.7~20110707-6+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 152169

File Name: debian_DSA-4948.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/1/2021

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17544

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:aspell-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libaspell-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:aspell, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpspell-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libaspell15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17544, CVE-2019-25051

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