Debian dla-3850 : glibc-doc - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 201168

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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-3850 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3850-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk June 30, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package : glibc Version : 2.28-10+deb10u4 CVE ID : CVE-2024-33599 CVE-2024-33600 CVE-2024-33601 CVE-2024-33602

Multiple vulnerabilities have been fixed in the Name Service Cache Daemon that is built by the GNU C library and shipped in the nscd binary package.

CVE-2024-33599

nscd: Stack-based buffer overflow in netgroup cache

CVE-2024-33600

nscd: Null pointer crashes after notfound response

CVE-2024-33601

nscd: Daemon may terminate on memory allocation failure

CVE-2024-33602

nscd: Possible memory corruption

For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 2.28-10+deb10u4.

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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the glibc-doc packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 201168

File Name: debian_DLA-3850.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/30/2024

Updated: 7/3/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-33599

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-33602

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-33599, CVE-2024-33600, CVE-2024-33601, CVE-2024-33602

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