Debian DSA-4402-1 : mumble - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 122621

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that insufficient restrictions in the connection handling of Mumble, a low latency encrypted VoIP client, could result in denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the mumble packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.18-1+deb9u1.

See Also

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

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4402

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122621

File Name: debian_DSA-4402.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/6/2019

Updated: 2/6/2020

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: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:mumble, 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: 3/5/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20743

DSA: 4402