Debian DSA-5434-1 : minidlna - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 177490

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5434 advisory.

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the HTTP chunk parsing code of minidlna, a lightweight DLNA/UPnP-AV server, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.
For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.0+dfsg-2+deb11u2.
For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.0+dfsg-2.2+deb12u1. We recommend that you upgrade your minidlna packages. For the detailed security status of minidlna please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/minidlna

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 minidlna packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.0+dfsg-2.2+deb12u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 177490

File Name: debian_DSA-5434.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/22/2023

Updated: 1/24/2025

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-2023-33476

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:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:minidlna, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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: 6/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-33476

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