Debian DSA-3468-1 : polarssl - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 88602

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that polarssl, a library providing SSL and TLS support, contained two heap-based buffer overflows that could allow a remote attacker to trigger denial of service (via application crash) or arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade the polarssl packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.9-1~deb7u6.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.9-2.1+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 88602

File Name: debian_DSA-3468.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/8/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, 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

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5291, CVE-2015-8036

DSA: 3468

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