Debian DLA-723-1 : libsoap-lite-perl security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 95359

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was a 'Billion Laughs' [0] XML expansion vulnerability in libsoap-lite-perl, a Perl implementation of a SOAP [1] client and server.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in libsoap-lite-perl version 0.714-1+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libsoap-lite-perl packages.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_laughs [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOAP

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 libsoap-lite-perl package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 95359

File Name: debian_DLA-723.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/28/2016

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: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:libsoap-lite-perl, 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: 11/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8978

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