Debian DLA-2979-1 : usbguard - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 159662

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-2979 advisory.

- An issue was discovered in USBGuard before 1.1.0. On systems with the usbguard-dbus daemon running, an unprivileged user could make USBGuard allow all USB devices to be connected in the future.
(CVE-2019-25058)

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 usbguard packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.2+ds1-2+deb9u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1008026

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

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-2979

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-25058

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 159662

File Name: debian_DLA-2979.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/12/2022

Updated: 11/2/2023

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-25058

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:usbguard-applet-qt, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libusbguard0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:usbguard

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: 4/11/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-25058