Debian DSA-5189-1 : gsasl - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 163433

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 / 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5189 advisory.

- GNU SASL libgsasl server-side read-out-of-bounds with malicious authenticated GSS-API client (CVE-2022-2469)

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 gsasl packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.10.0-4+deb11u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 163433

File Name: debian_DSA-5189.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/25/2022

Updated: 12/8/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-2469

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gsasl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gsasl-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gsasl-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gsasl-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsasl-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsasl7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsasl7-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-2469

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