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Debian DLA-2958-1 : usbredir - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 159077

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2958 advisory.

 A use-after-free vulnerability was found in Usbredirparser, a parser for the usbredir protocol, which could result in denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution. For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.1-1+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your usbredir packages.
 For the detailed security status of usbredir please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/usbredir Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at:
 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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

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 usbredir packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.1-1+deb9u1.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-2958

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3700

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 159077

File Name: debian_DLA-2958.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/21/2022

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3700

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/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:usbredirserver, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libusbredirhost1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libusbredirhost-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libusbredirparser1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libusbredirparser-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3700