Debian dla-3745 : gsoap - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 191459

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3745 advisory.

- A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the WS-Security plugin functionality of Genivia gSOAP 2.8.107.
A specially crafted SOAP request can lead to denial of service. An attacker can send an HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability. (CVE-2020-13574, CVE-2020-13577, CVE-2020-13578)

- A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the WS-Addressing plugin functionality of Genivia gSOAP 2.8.107. A specially crafted SOAP request can lead to denial of service. An attacker can send an HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability. (CVE-2020-13575)

- A code execution vulnerability exists in the WS-Addressing plugin functionality of Genivia gSOAP 2.8.107.
A specially crafted SOAP request can lead to remote code execution. An attacker can send an HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability. (CVE-2020-13576)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the gsoap packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 191459

File Name: debian_DLA-3745.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/1/2024

Updated: 3/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13576

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gsoap, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gsoap-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsoap-2.8.75, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsoap-dev, 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: 2/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13574, CVE-2020-13575, CVE-2020-13576, CVE-2020-13577, CVE-2020-13578

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