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Debian dla-3985 : gsl-bin - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 212154

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3985 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3985-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk December 07, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : gsl Version : 2.6+dfsg-2+deb11u1 CVE ID : CVE-2020-35357 Debian Bug : 1052655

 Buffer overflow when calculating the quantile value has been fixed in the GNU Scientific Library (GSL).

 For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version 2.6+dfsg-2+deb11u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your gsl packages.

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

 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 gsl-bin packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-35357

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/gsl

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 212154

File Name: debian_DLA-3985.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/7/2024

Updated: 12/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-35357

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgslcblas0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsl-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsl25, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gsl-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsl-dbg

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-35357