Debian DLA-2485-1 : golang-golang-x-net-dev security update (Ping Flood) (Reset Flood)

high Nessus Plugin ID 143594

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

The http2 server support in this package was vulnerable to certain types of DOS attacks.

CVE-2019-9512

This code was vulnerable to ping floods, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker sends continual pings to an HTTP/2 peer, causing the peer to build an internal queue of responses.
Depending on how efficiently this data is queued, this can consume excess CPU, memory, or both.

CVE-2019-9514

This code was vulnerable to a reset flood, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker opens a number of streams and sends an invalid request over each stream that should solicit a stream of RST_STREAM frames from the peer. Depending on how the peer queues the RST_STREAM frames, this can consume excess memory, CPU, or both.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1:0.0+git20161013.8b4af36+dfsg-3+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your golang-golang-x-net-dev packages.

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

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 143594

File Name: debian_DLA-2485.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/9/2020

Updated: 2/6/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9514

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:golang-go.net-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-golang-x-net-dev, 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: 12/8/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9512, CVE-2019-9514

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