Debian DLA-454-1 : minissdpd security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 90872

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

The minissdpd daemon contains a improper validation of array index vulnerability (CWE-129) when processing requests sent to the Unix socket at /var/run/minissdpd.sock the Unix socket can be accessed by an unprivileged user to send invalid request causes an out-of-bounds memory access that crashes the minissdpd daemon.

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Solution

Upgrade the affected minissdpd package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 90872

File Name: debian_DLA-454.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/4/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:minissdpd, 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: 5/3/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3178, CVE-2016-3179

Detections

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