Debian dsa-5705 : tinyproxy - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 200125

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5705 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5705-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff June 05, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : tinyproxy CVE ID : CVE-2023-49606

A use-after-free was discovered in tinyproxy, a lightweight, non-caching, optionally anonymizing HTTP proxy, which could result in denial of service.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 1.11.1-2.1+deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tinyproxy packages.

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

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: [email protected]

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 tinyproxy packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-49606

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/tinyproxy

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 200125

File Name: debian_DSA-5705.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/5/2024

Updated: 6/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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-2023-49606

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:tinyproxy-bin, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tinyproxy

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: 6/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-49606