Debian dla-3215 : golang-github-snapcore-snapd-dev - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 168380

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3215 advisory.

- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3215-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Utkarsh Gupta December 02, 2022 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : snapd Version : 2.37.4-1+deb10u2 CVE ID : CVE-2022-3328

The Qualys Research Team discovered a race condition in the snapd-confine binary which could result in local privilege escalation.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 2.37.4-1+deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your snapd packages.

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

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 golang-github-snapcore-snapd-dev packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-3328

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168380

File Name: debian_DLA-3215.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/3/2022

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3328

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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:ubuntu-core-launcher, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:snap-confine, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-github-ubuntu-core-snappy-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:snapd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-github-snapcore-snapd-dev

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: 12/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3328