Debian DLA-2912-1 : libphp-adodb - LTS security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 157401

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2912 advisory.

- Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness in GitHub repository adodb/adodb prior to 5.20.21.
(CVE-2021-3850)

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

Solution

Upgrade the libphp-adodb packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 5.20.9-1+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 157401

File Name: debian_DLA-2912.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/6/2022

Updated: 11/17/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3850

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libphp-adodb, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3850

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