Debian DLA-2555-1 : netty security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 146473

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was an insecure temporary file issue that could have lead to disclosure of arbitrary local files.

For Debian 9 'Stretch', this problem has been fixed in version 1:4.1.7-2+deb9u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your netty packages.

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

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 libnetty-java package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 146473

File Name: debian_DLA-2555.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/12/2021

Updated: 1/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21290

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnetty-java, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21290

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