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Debian DSA-3116-1 : polarssl - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 80307

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that a memory leak in parsing X.509 certificates may result in denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the polarssl packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.9-1~deb7u4.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.9-1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/polarssl

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3116

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80307

File Name: debian_DSA-3116.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/2/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/30/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8628

BID: 70905

DSA: 3116