Debian dla-3529 : libjs-jquery-datatables - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 179876

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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-3529 advisory.

- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3529-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Utkarsh Gupta August 15, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : datatables.js Version : 1.10.19+dfsg-1+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2021-23445 Debian Bug : 995229

datatables.js is a jQuery plug-in that makes nice tables from different data sources.

It was discovered that if an array is passed to the HTML escape entities function, it would not have its contents escaped.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 1.10.19+dfsg-1+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your datatables.js packages.

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

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 libjs-jquery-datatables packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 179876

File Name: debian_DLA-3529.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/15/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23445

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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:libjs-jquery-datatables

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: 8/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23445

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