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Debian dsa-5892 : atop - security update

low Nessus Plugin ID 233828

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5892 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5892-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff April 03, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : atop CVE ID : CVE-2025-31160

 It was discovered that Atop, a monitor tool for system resources and process activity, always tried to connect to the port of atopgpud (an additional daemon gathering GPU statistics not shipped in Debian) while performing insufficient sanitising of the data read from this port.

 With this update, additional validation is added and by default atop no longer tries to connect to the atopgpud daemon port unless explicitly enabled via -k.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.1-1+deb12u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your atop packages.

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

 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 atop packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-31160

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 233828

File Name: debian_DSA-5892.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/3/2025

Updated: 4/3/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-31160

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.9

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

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:atop

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-31160

IAVA: 2025-A-0210