Debian DSA-4478-1 : dosbox - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 126608

Synopsis

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

Description

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in the DOSBox emulator, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code on the host running DOSBox when running a malicious executable in the emulator.

Solution

Upgrade the dosbox packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.74-4.2+deb9u2.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 0.74-2-3+deb10u1.

See Also

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

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/dosbox

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4478

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 126608

File Name: debian_DSA-4478.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/11/2019

Updated: 1/8/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dosbox, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, 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: 7/10/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/2/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12594, CVE-2019-7165

DSA: 4478