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Debian DSA-4397-1 : ldb - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 122516

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Synopsis

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

Description

Garming Sam reported an out-of-bounds read in the ldb_wildcard_compare() function of ldb, a LDAP-like embedded database, resulting in denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the ldb packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.1.27-1+deb9u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ldb

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/ldb

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4397

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 122516

File Name: debian_DSA-4397.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/1/2019

Updated: 2/7/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:L/UI:N/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:ldb, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3824

DSA: 4397