Debian dsa-5837 : fastnetmon - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 213393

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5837 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5837-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff December 26, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : fastnetmon CVE ID : CVE-2024-56072 CVE-2024-56073

Two security issues have been discovered in FastNetMon, a fast DDoS analyzer: Malformed Netflow/sFlow traffic could result in denial of service.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.4-2+deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your fastnetmon packages.

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

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

Solution

Upgrade the fastnetmon packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 213393

File Name: debian_DSA-5837.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/26/2024

Updated: 12/26/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-56073

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:fastnetmon

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56072, CVE-2024-56073

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