Debian DSA-4198-1 : prosody - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 109660

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Synopsis

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

Description

Albert Dengg discovered that incorrect parsing of <stream:error> messages in the Prosody Jabber/XMPP server may result in denial of service.

The oldstable distribution (jessie) is not affected.

Solution

Upgrade the prosody packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.12-2+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109660

File Name: debian_DSA-4198.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/10/2018

Updated: 11/13/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:prosody, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18265

DSA: 4198

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