Debian DSA-2484-1 : nut - denial of service

high Nessus Plugin ID 59762

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Synopsis

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

Description

Sebastian Pohle discovered that UPSD, the server of Network UPS Tools (NUT) is vulnerable to a remote denial of service attack.

Solution

Upgrade the nut packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.3-1.1squeeze2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59762

File Name: debian_DSA-2484.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/29/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/2/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2944

BID: 53743

DSA: 2484

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