Debian DSA-3341-1 : conntrack - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85569

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that in certain configurations, if the relevant conntrack kernel module is not loaded, conntrackd will crash when handling DCCP, SCTP or ICMPv6 packets.

Solution

Upgrade the conntrack packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.2.1-1+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.4.2-2+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85569

File Name: debian_DSA-3341.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/21/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:conntrack, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6496

DSA: 3341

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