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Debian dla-3470 : owslib-doc - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 177612

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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-3470 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3470-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk June 25, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : owslib Version : 0.17.1-1+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2023-27476 Debian Bug : 1034182

 In OWSLib, a Python client library for Open Geospatial web services, the XML parser did not disable entity resolution which could lead to arbitrary file reads from an attacker-controlled XML payload.

 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 0.17.1-1+deb10u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your owslib packages.

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

 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 owslib-doc packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/owslib

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-27476

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 177612

File Name: debian_DLA-3470.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/25/2023

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-27476

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-owslib, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-owslib, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:owslib-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-27476