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Debian dla-3807 : glibc-doc - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 194968

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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-3807 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3807-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk May 04, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : glibc Version : 2.28-10+deb10u3 CVE ID : CVE-2024-2961 Debian Bug : 1069191

 Out-of-bounds write in the iconv ISO-2022-CN-EXT module has been fixed in the GNU C library.

 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 2.28-10+deb10u3.

 We recommend that you upgrade your glibc packages.

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

 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 glibc-doc packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-2961

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194968

File Name: debian_DLA-3807.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/4/2024

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-2961

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:glibc-source, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-x32, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:glibc-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-xen, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dev-x32, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-i386, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc-dev-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-pic, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-amd64, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc-l10n, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dev-amd64, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:locales-all, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nscd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dev-i386, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:locales, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:multiarch-support, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-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: 5/4/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2024

Exploitable With

Metasploit (CosmicSting: Magento Arbitrary File Read (CVE-2024-34102) + PHP Buffer Overflow in the iconv() function of glibc (CVE-2024-2961))

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-2961