Debian DLA-3491-1 : erlang - LTS security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 178172

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-3491 advisory.

- In Erlang/OTP before 23.3.4.15, 24.x before 24.3.4.2, and 25.x before 25.0.2, there is a Client Authentication Bypass in certain client-certification situations for SSL, TLS, and DTLS. (CVE-2022-37026)

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 erlang packages.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 1

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1024632

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

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3491

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-37026

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 178172

File Name: debian_DLA-3491.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/11/2023

Updated: 7/11/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-37026

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:erlang, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-asn1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-base, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-base-hipe, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-common-test, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-crypto, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-debugger, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-dialyzer, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-diameter, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-edoc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-eldap, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-erl-docgen, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-et, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-eunit, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-examples, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-ftp, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-inets, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-jinterface, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-manpages, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-megaco, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-mnesia, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-mode, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-nox, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-observer, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-odbc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-os-mon, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-parsetools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-public-key, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-reltool, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-runtime-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-snmp, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-src, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-ssh, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-ssl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-syntax-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-tftp, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-wx, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-x11, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:erlang-xmerl, 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: 7/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-37026