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Debian dla-4122 : libbssolv-perl - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 234070

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4122 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4122-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Andrej Shadura April 09, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : libbssolv-perl Version : 0.17-3+deb11u1

 This update includes an upstream patch to accept 0 as a valid epoch in Debian packages processed by BSSolv.

 This fixes a bug that prevents the Open Build Service backend from working correctly. In particular, the Download on Demand feature is unable to process woff-tools package from Debian, and ends up deleting the .deb file immediately after downloading it.

 See https://github.com/openSUSE/perl-BSSolv/pull/17 for more details on this bug upstream.

 This bug has also been fixed in Debian 12 bookworm and newer.

 No other software is known to be affected by this issue.

 For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version 0.17-3+deb11u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your libbssolv-perl packages.

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

 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 libbssolv-perl packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?22980f68

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/libbssolv-perl

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 234070

File Name: debian_DLA-4122.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/9/2025

Updated: 4/9/2025

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbssolv-perl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2025