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Debian DSA-2958-1 : apt - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74499

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Synopsis

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

Description

Jakub Wilk discovered that APT, the high level package manager, did not properly perform authentication checks for source packages downloaded via 'apt-get source'. This only affects use cases where source packages are downloaded via this command; it does not affect regular Debian package installation and upgrading.

Solution

Upgrade the apt packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.7.9+deb7u2.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=749795

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/apt

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2958

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74499

File Name: debian_DSA-2958.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apt, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0478

DSA: 2958