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Debian dsa-5764 : libcrypto3-udeb - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 206483

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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-5764 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5764-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso September 03, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : openssl CVE ID : CVE-2024-6119

 David Benjamin reported a flaw in the X.509 name checks in OpenSSL, a Secure Sockets Layer toolkit, which may cause an application performing certificate name checks to crash, resulting in denial of service.

 Additional details can be found in the upstream advisory:
 https://openssl-library.org/news/secadv/20240903.txt

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.14-1~deb12u2.

 We recommend that you upgrade your openssl packages.

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

 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 libcrypto3-udeb packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-6119

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 206483

File Name: debian_DSA-5764.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/3/2024

Updated: 9/3/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6119

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssl3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssl-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcrypto3-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssl3-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libssl-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:openssl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6119