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Debian dla-3739 : libjwt-dev - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 192976

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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-3739 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3739-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Thorsten Alteholz February 24, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : libjwt Version : 1.10.1-1+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2024-25189


 An issue has been found in libjwt, a C library to handle JWT (JSON Web Token). Due to using strcmp(), which does not use constant time during execution, a timing side channel attack might be possible.



 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 1.10.1-1+deb10u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your libjwt packages.

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

 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 libjwt-dev packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-25189

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 192976

File Name: debian_DLA-3739.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/8/2024

Updated: 1/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2024-25189

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjwt0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjwt-gnutls-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjwt-gnutls0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjwt-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: 2/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-25189