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Debian DSA-5524-1 : libcue - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 182943

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5524 advisory.

 - libcue provides an API for parsing and extracting data from CUE sheets. Versions 2.2.1 and prior are vulnerable to out-of-bounds array access. A user of the GNOME desktop environment can be exploited by downloading a cue sheet from a malicious webpage. Because the file is saved to `~/Downloads`, it is then automatically scanned by tracker-miners. And because it has a .cue filename extension, tracker-miners use libcue to parse the file. The file exploits the vulnerability in libcue to gain code execution. This issue is patched in version 2.3.0. (CVE-2023-43641)

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 libcue packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1-4+deb12u1.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5524

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-43641

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/libcue

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/libcue

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182943

File Name: debian_DSA-5524.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2023

Updated: 10/30/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2023-43641

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcue2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcue-dev

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: 10/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-43641