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Debian DLA-3261-1 : libetpan - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 169695

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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-3261 advisory.

 - A potential bug is found on libetpan that when IMAP client receives invalid STATUS response, an invalid free can occur on mailimap_mailbox_data_status_free(). This bug is now assigned as CVE-2022-4121. Although the formal fix is under discussion, this update rpm adds a quick fix for this issue. (CVE-2022-4121)

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 libetpan packages.

For Debian 10 Buster, this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.3-2+deb10u2.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3261

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-4121

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 169695

File Name: debian_DLA-3261.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/7/2023

Updated: 9/11/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4121

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:libetpan-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libetpan-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libetpan20, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

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: 1/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4121