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Debian dla-3648 : tang - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185343

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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-3648 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3648-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Chris Lamb November 07, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : tang Version : 7-1+deb10u2 CVE ID : CVE-2023-1672 Debian Bug : 1038119

 It was discovered that there was a race condition in Tang, a network-based cryptographic binding server. This flaw resulted in a small time window whereby newly-generated private keys were readable by other processes on the same machine.

 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 7-1+deb10u2.

 We recommend that you upgrade your tang packages.

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

 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 tang packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-1672

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185343

File Name: debian_DLA-3648.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1672

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:tang

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: 11/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1672