Debian DSA-2541-1 : beaker - information disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62012

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that Beaker, a cache and session library for Python, when using the python-crypto backend, is vulnerable to information disclosure due to a cryptographic weakness related to the use of the AES cipher in ECB mode.

Systems that have the python-pycryptopp package should not be vulnerable, as this backend is preferred over python-crypto.

After applying this update, existing sessions will be invalidated.

Solution

Upgrade the beaker packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.4-4+squeeze1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62012

File Name: debian_DSA-2541.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/10/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:beaker, 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: 9/7/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3458

BID: 55001

DSA: 2541

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