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Debian DLA-2958-1 : usbredir - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 159077

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2958 advisory.

 - A use-after-free vulnerability was found in usbredir in versions prior to 0.11.0 in the usbredirparser_serialize() in usbredirparser/usbredirparser.c. This issue occurs when serializing large amounts of buffered write data in the case of a slow or blocked destination. (CVE-2021-3700)

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 usbredir packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.1-1+deb9u1.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-2958

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3700

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 159077

File Name: debian_DLA-2958.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/21/2022

Updated: 3/21/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3700

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/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:libusbredirhost-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libusbredirhost1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libusbredirparser-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libusbredirparser1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:usbredirserver, 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: 3/21/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3700