Debian dla-3142 : dbus - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 165983

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 dla-3142 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3142-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Emilio Pozuelo Monfort October 10, 2022 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : dbus Version : 1.12.24-0+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2022-42010 CVE-2022-42011 CVE-2022-42012

Evgeny Vereshchagin discovered multiple vulnerabilities in D-Bus, a simple interprocess messaging system, which may result in denial of service by an authenticated user.

For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.24-0+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your dbus packages.

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

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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the dbus packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-42010

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-42011

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-42012

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/dbus

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 165983

File Name: debian_DLA-3142.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/10/2022

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-42012

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dbus-1-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dbus-tests, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdbus-1-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdbus-1-3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dbus, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dbus-x11, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dbus-user-session

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: 10/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-42010, CVE-2022-42011, CVE-2022-42012