Debian DSA-3583-1 : swift-plugin-s3 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 91244

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that the swift3 (S3 compatibility) middleware plugin for Swift performed insufficient validation of date headers which might result in replay attacks.

Solution

Upgrade the swift-plugin-s3 packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7-5+deb8u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=822688

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/swift-plugin-s3

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3583

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91244

File Name: debian_DSA-3583.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/19/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:swift-plugin-s3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8466

DSA: 3583