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Debian dla-3374 : libmicrohttpd-dev - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 173791

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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-3374 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3374-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Thorsten Alteholz March 30, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : libmicrohttpd Version : 0.9.62-1+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2023-27371


 An issue has been found in linmicrohttpd, a library embedding HTTP server functionality. Parsing crafted POST requests result in an out of bounds read, which might cause a DoS (Denial of Service).



 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.62-1+deb10u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your libmicrohttpd packages.

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

 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 libmicrohttpd-dev packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?26933258

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-27371

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 173791

File Name: debian_DLA-3374.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/3/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-27371

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmicrohttpd-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmicrohttpd12

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: 3/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-27371