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Debian DSA-2976-1 : eglibc - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76465

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Synopsis

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

Description

Stephane Chazelas discovered that the GNU C library, glibc, processed '..' path segments in locale-related environment variables, possibly allowing attackers to circumvent intended restrictions, such as ForceCommand in OpenSSH, assuming that they can supply crafted locale settings.

Solution

Upgrade the eglibc packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.13-38+deb7u3.

This update also includes changes previously scheduled for the next wheezy point release as version 2.13-38+deb7u2. See the Debian changelog for details.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2976

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76465

File Name: debian_DSA-2976.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/11/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0475

DSA: 2976