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Debian dsa-5895 : liblzma-dev - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 236775

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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-5895 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5895-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso April 05, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : xz-utils CVE ID : CVE-2025-31115

 Harri K. Koskinen discovered a flaw in the multithreaded .xz decoder lzma_stream_decoder_mt in xz-utils, the XZ-format compression utilities, which may lead to denial of service (application crash) or the execution of arbitrary code.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 5.4.1-1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your xz-utils packages.

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

 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 liblzma-dev packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/xz-utils

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-31115

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/xz-utils

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 236775

File Name: debian_DSA-5895.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/15/2025

Updated: 5/15/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-31115

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:liblzma5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xz-utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xzdec, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:liblzma-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:liblzma-doc, 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: 4/5/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-31115