Debian DLA-2684-1 : lasso security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 150703

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in lasso, a library for Liberty Alliance and SAML protocols, which results to a improper verification of a cryptographic signature.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 2.5.0-5+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your lasso packages.

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

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/2021/06/msg00013.html

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150703

File Name: debian_DLA-2684.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/11/2021

Updated: 12/21/2023

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:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28091

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:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:liblasso-perl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:liblasso3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:liblasso3-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-lasso, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-lasso, 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: 6/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28091