Debian dla-3406 : sniproxy - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 174963

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3406 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3406-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Thorsten Alteholz April 30, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : sniproxy Version : 0.6.0-1+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2023-25076

An issue has been found in sniproxy, a transparent TLS and HTTP layer 4 proxy with SNI support.
Due to bad handling of wildcard backend hosts, a crafted HTTP or TLS packet might lead to remote arbitrary code execution.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.0-1+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your sniproxy packages.

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

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 sniproxy packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 174963

File Name: debian_DLA-3406.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/1/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-25076

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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: 4/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/30/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-25076

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