Debian DLA-1508-1 : suricata security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 117609

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

CVE-2016-10728 If an ICMPv4 error packet is received as the first packet on a flow in the to_client direction, it can lead to missed TCP/UDP detection in packets arriving afterwards.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.7-2+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your suricata packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected suricata package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 117609

File Name: debian_DLA-1508.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/20/2018

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:suricata, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10728

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