Debian DLA-3420-1 : golang-websocket - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 175665

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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 dla-3420 advisory.

- An integer overflow vulnerability exists with the length of websocket frames received via a websocket connection. An attacker would use this flaw to cause a denial of service attack on an HTTP Server allowing websocket connections. (CVE-2020-27813)

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 golang-websocket packages.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.0-1+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175665

File Name: debian_DLA-3420.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2023

Updated: 5/14/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27813

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:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-github-gorilla-websocket-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:golang-websocket-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27813

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