Debian DLA-1610-1 : sleuthkit security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 119730

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that the Sleuth Kit (TSK) through version 4.6.4 is affected by a buffer over-read vulnerability. The tsk_getu16 call in hfs_dir_open_meta_cb (tsk/fs/hfs_dent.c) does not properly check boundaries. This vulnerability might be leveraged by remote attackers using crafted filesystem images to cause denial of service or any other unspecified behavior.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.3-4+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your sleuthkit 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 libtsk-dev, libtsk10, and sleuthkit packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 119730

File Name: debian_DLA-1610.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/18/2018

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless 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

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtsk-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtsk10, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sleuthkit, 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: 12/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19497

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