Debian DSA-5311-1 : trafficserver - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 169698

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5311 advisory.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Apache Traffic Server, a reverse and forward proxy server, which could result in HTTP request smuggling, cache poisoning or denial of service. For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 8.1.6+ds-1~deb11u1. We recommend that you upgrade your trafficserver packages. For the detailed security status of trafficserver please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/trafficserver

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 trafficserver packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 8.1.6+ds-1~deb11u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 169698

File Name: debian_DSA-5311.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/9/2023

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-37392

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:trafficserver-experimental-plugins, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:trafficserver-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:trafficserver

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-32749, CVE-2022-37392

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