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Debian dla-3478 : libyajl-dev - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 177886

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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-3478 advisory.

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3478-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Tobias Frost July 02, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : yajl Version : 2.1.0-2+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2023-33460 Debian Bug : 1039984

 A memory leak has been found in yajl, a JSON parser / small validating JSON generator written in ANSI C, which might allow an attacker to cause an out of memory situation and potentially causing a crash.

 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.0-2+deb10u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your yajl packages.

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

 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 libyajl-dev packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-33460

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 177886

File Name: debian_DLA-3478.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/2/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-33460

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:libyajl2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libyajl-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libyajl-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:yajl-tools

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: 7/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-33460