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Debian dsa-5918 : libvarnishapi-dev - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 235836

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5918 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5918-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff May 13, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : varnish CVE ID : not yet available

 Ben Kallus discovered that incorrect parsing of chunked transfer encodings in the Varnish web accelerator may result in HTTP request smuggling or cache poisoning.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 7.1.1-2+deb12u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your varnish packages.

 For the detailed security status of varnish please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/varnish

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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 libvarnishapi-dev packages.

See Also

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

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/varnish

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 235836

File Name: debian_DSA-5918.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/13/2025

Updated: 5/13/2025

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:varnish, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvarnishapi-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:varnish-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libvarnishapi3, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2025