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Debian DSA-2011-1 : dpkg - path traversal

medium Nessus Plugin ID 45027

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Synopsis

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

Description

William Grant discovered that the dpkg-source component of dpkg, the low-level infrastructure for handling the installation and removal of Debian software packages, is vulnerable to path traversal attacks. A specially crafted Debian source package can lead to file modification outside of the destination directory when extracting the package content.

Solution

Upgrade the dpkg packages.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.14.29.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2011

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 45027

File Name: debian_DSA-2011.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/11/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dpkg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0396

DSA: 2011