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Debian dla-3832 : python-bson - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 200653

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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-3832 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3832-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Bastien Roucaris June 17, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : pymongo Version : 3.7.1-1.1+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2024-5629

 An out-of-bounds read in the 'bson' module allowed deserialization of malformed BSON provided by a Server to raise an exception which may contain arbitrary application memory.

 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 3.7.1-1.1+deb10u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your pymongo packages.

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

 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 python-bson packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-5629

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 200653

File Name: debian_DLA-3832.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/17/2024

Updated: 6/19/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5629

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-gridfs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-gridfs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-bson, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-pymongo-ext, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-pymongo, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-pymongo, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-bson-ext, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-bson, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-pymongo-ext, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-bson-ext, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-pymongo-doc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-5629