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Debian DLA-3640-1 : distro-info - LTS test-suite update

high Nessus Plugin ID 184023

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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-3640 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 distro-info packages.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 0.21+deb10u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/distro-info

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3640

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/distro-info

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 184023

File Name: debian_DLA-3640.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/30/2023

Updated: 10/30/2023

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-distro-info, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-distro-info, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:distro-info, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libdistro-info-perl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2023