Debian DSA-4163-1 : beep - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 108789

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that a race condition in beep (if configured as setuid via debconf) allows local privilege escalation.

Solution

Upgrade the beep packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3-3+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3-4+deb9u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/beep

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/beep

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/beep

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4163

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 108789

File Name: debian_DSA-4163.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/3/2018

Updated: 4/5/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:beep, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0492

DSA: 4163