Debian DSA-4356-1 : netatalk - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 119817

Synopsis

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

Description

Jacob Baines discovered a flaw in the handling of the DSI Opensession command in Netatalk, an implementation of the AppleTalk Protocol Suite, allowing an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

Solution

Upgrade the netatalk packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.5-2+deb9u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=916930

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

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4356

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2018-48

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 119817

File Name: debian_DSA-4356.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/21/2018

Updated: 4/5/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:netatalk, 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: 12/20/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1160

DSA: 4356

TRA: TRA-2018-48