Debian dla-3782 : bsdutils - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 192962

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3782 advisory.

- An integer overflow in util-linux through 2.37.1 can potentially cause a buffer overflow if an attacker were able to use system resources in a way that leads to a large number in the /proc/sysvipc/sem file.
NOTE: this is unexploitable in GNU C Library environments, and possibly in all realistic environments.
(CVE-2021-37600)

- wall in util-linux through 2.40, often installed with setgid tty permissions, allows escape sequences to be sent to other users' terminals through argv. (Specifically, escape sequences received from stdin are blocked, but escape sequences received from argv are not blocked.) There may be plausible scenarios where this leads to account takeover. (CVE-2024-28085)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the bsdutils packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 192962

File Name: debian_DLA-3782.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/7/2024

Updated: 4/7/2024

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: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-37600

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfdisk1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bsdutils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:util-linux, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:uuid-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsmartcols-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:util-linux-locales, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:uuid-runtime, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libuuid1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rfkill, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfdisk-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mount, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libblkid1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libblkid-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:fdisk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmount-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsmartcols1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmount1

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: 4/7/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-37600, CVE-2024-28085

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