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Debian DSA-3939-1 : botan1.10 - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 102446

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Synopsis

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

Description

Aleksandar Nikolic discovered that an error in the x509 parser of the Botan crypto library could result in an out-of-bounds memory read, resulting in denial of service or an information leak if processing a malformed certificate.

Solution

Upgrade the botan1.10 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.10.8-2+deb8u2.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed prior to the initial release.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/botan1.10

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3939

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 102446

File Name: debian_DSA-3939.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/14/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:botan1.10, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2801

DSA: 3939