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Debian DSA-3883-1 : rt-authen-externalauth - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 100819

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that RT::Authen::ExternalAuth, an external authentication module for Request Tracker, is vulnerable to timing side-channel attacks for user passwords. Only ExternalAuth in DBI (database) mode is vulnerable.

Solution

Upgrade the rt-authen-externalauth packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.25-1+deb8u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/rt-authen-externalauth

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3883

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 100819

File Name: debian_DSA-3883.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/16/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rt-authen-externalauth, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5361

DSA: 3883