Debian DSA-2836-1 : devscripts - arbitrary code execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 71802

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in uscan, a tool to scan upstream sites for new releases of packages, which is part of the devscripts package. An attacker controlling a website from which uscan would attempt to download a source tarball could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running uscan.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project id CVE-2013-6888 has been assigned to identify them.

Solution

Upgrade the devscripts packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 2.12.6+deb7u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 71802

File Name: debian_DSA-2836.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/6/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:devscripts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6888, CVE-2013-7325

BID: 64656

DSA: 2836

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