Debian DLA-3609-1 : prometheus-alertmanager - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 182760

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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-3609 advisory.

- Alertmanager handles alerts sent by client applications such as the Prometheus server. An attacker with the permission to perform POST requests on the /api/v1/alerts endpoint could be able to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the users of Prometheus Alertmanager. This issue has been fixed in Alertmanager version 0.2.51. (CVE-2023-40577)

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 prometheus-alertmanager packages.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 0.15.3+ds-3+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 182760

File Name: debian_DLA-3609.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/8/2023

Updated: 10/8/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40577

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-github-prometheus-alertmanager-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:prometheus-alertmanager, 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: 10/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-40577

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