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Debian DSA-2409-1 : devscripts - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 57963

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in debdiff, a script used to compare two Debian packages, which is part of the devscripts package. The following Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project ids have been assigned to identify them :

 - CVE-2012-0210 :
 Paul Wise discovered that due to insufficient input sanitising when processing .dsc and .changes files, it is possible to execute arbitrary code and disclose system information.

 - CVE-2012-0211 :
 Raphael Geissert discovered that it is possible to inject or modify arguments of external commands when processing source packages with specially-named tarballs in the top-level directory of the .orig tarball, allowing arbitrary code execution.

 - CVE-2012-0212 :
 Raphael Geissert discovered that it is possible to inject or modify arguments of external commands when passing as argument to debdiff a specially-named file, allowing arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade the devscripts packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 2.10.69+squeeze2.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0210

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0211

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0212

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/devscripts

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2409

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57963

File Name: debian_DSA-2409.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/16/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:devscripts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0210, CVE-2012-0211, CVE-2012-0212

DSA: 2409