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Debian DLA-2341-1 : inetutils security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 139773

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

In inetutils-telnetd, an implementation of a telnet daemon, arbitrary remote code execution might have been possible via short writes or urgent data.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.9.4-2+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your inetutils-telnetd packages.

For the detailed security status of inetutils please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/inetutils

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 packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00038.html

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 139773

File Name: debian_DLA-2341.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/25/2020

Updated: 2/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10188

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:inetutils-ftp, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-ftpd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-inetd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-ping, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-syslogd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-talk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-talkd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-telnet, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-telnetd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-traceroute, 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: 8/24/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10188