Debian DLA-3387-1 : udisks2 - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 174028

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 dla-3387 advisory.

- A vulnerability found in udisks2. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted image file/USB leading to kernel panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
(CVE-2021-3802)

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 udisks2 packages.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.1-4+deb10u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/udisks2

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3387

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3802

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/udisks2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 174028

File Name: debian_DLA-3387.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/8/2023

Updated: 4/19/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3802

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.2

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gir1.2-udisks-2.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libudisks2-0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libudisks2-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:udisks2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:udisks2-bcache, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:udisks2-btrfs, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:udisks2-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:udisks2-lvm2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:udisks2-vdo, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:udisks2-zram, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

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: 4/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3802