Debian DLA-713-1 : sniffit security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 95029

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was a buffer overflow in the packet sniffer and monitoring tool 'sniffit' which allowed a specially crafted configuration file to provide a root shell.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in sniffit version 0.3.7.beta-16.1+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your sniffit packages.

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 sniffit package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 95029

File Name: debian_DLA-713.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/22/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 9.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sniffit, 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: 11/21/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-5439

BID: 71318

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