Debian dla-3276 : lava - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 170206

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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-3276 advisory.

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3276-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Markus Koschany January 19, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : lava Version : 2019.01-5+deb10u2 CVE ID : CVE-2022-44641 Debian Bug : 1024429

Igor Ponomarev discovered that LAVA, a continuous integration system for deploying operating systems onto physical and virtual hardware for running tests, was susceptible to denial of service via recursive XML entity expansion.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 2019.01-5+deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your lava packages.

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

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 Attachment:
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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 lava packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 170206

File Name: debian_DLA-3276.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/20/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-44641

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lava-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lava-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lava-server, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lava, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lava-server-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lava-lxc-mocker, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lava-dispatcher

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-44641

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