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Debian DLA-77-1 : libtasn1-3 security update
medium Nessus Plugin ID 82222
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libtasn1-3, a library that manages ASN1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One) structures. An attacker could use those to cause a denial of service via out-of-bounds access or NULL pointer dereference.NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2014/10/msg00010.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 82222
File Name: debian_DLA-77.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 3/26/2015
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: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtasn1-3-dbg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtasn1-3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtasn1-3-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtasn1-3-bin
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/26/2014