Debian DSA-4009-1 : shadowsocks-libev - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 104224

Synopsis

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

Description

Niklas Abel discovered that insufficient input sanitising in the ss-manager component of shadowsocks-libev, a lightweight socks5 proxy, could result in arbitrary shell command execution.

Solution

Upgrade the shadowsocks-libev packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.3+ds-3+deb9u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/shadowsocks-libev

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4009

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104224

File Name: debian_DSA-4009.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/30/2017

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: 7.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15924

DSA: 4009