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Debian DLA-3481-1 : libusrsctp - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 178397

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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-3481 advisory.

 - usrsctp before 2019-12-20 has out-of-bounds reads in sctp_load_addresses_from_init. (CVE-2019-20503)

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 libusrsctp packages.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.3.0+20190127-2+deb10u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=953270

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

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3481

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-20503

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 178397

File Name: debian_DLA-3481.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/18/2023

Updated: 7/18/2023

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: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20503

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:libusrsctp-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libusrsctp-examples, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libusrsctp1, 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: 7/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20503