Debian DLA-108-1 : nfs-utils security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82092

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

In the past, rpc.statd posted SM_NOTIFY requests using the same socket it used for sending downcalls to the kernel. To receive replies from remote hosts, the socket was bound to INADDR_ANY. To prevent unwanted data injection, bind this socket to the loopback address.

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 nfs-common, and nfs-kernel-server packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2014/12/msg00011.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/nfs-utils

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82092

File Name: debian_DLA-108.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/26/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nfs-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nfs-kernel-server, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3541

BID: 68750