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Debian DSA-4954-1 : c-ares - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 152419

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-4954 advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the c-ares packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.14.0-1+deb10u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=992053

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/c-ares

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4954

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3672

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/c-ares

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 152419

File Name: debian_DSA-4954.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/10/2021

Updated: 12/4/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3672

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc-ares-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc-ares2

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: 8/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3672