Debian DLA-49-1 : acpi-support security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 82196

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

During a review for EDF, Raphael Geissert discovered that the acpi-support package did not properly handle data obtained from a user's environment.

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 82196

File Name: debian_DLA-49.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/26/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:acpi-support-base, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:acpi-support, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:acpi-fakekey

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0484

BID: 69730

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