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Debian dsa-5948 : trafficserver - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 240505

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5948 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5948-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff June 24, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : trafficserver CVE ID : CVE-2024-53868 CVE-2025-31698 CVE-2025-49763

 Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Apache Traffic Server, a reverse and forward proxy server, which could result in denial of service, HTTP request smuggling or incorrect processing of ACLs.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 9.2.5+ds-0+deb12u3.

 We recommend that you upgrade your trafficserver packages.

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

 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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the trafficserver packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?20613153

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-53868

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-31698

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-49763

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 240505

File Name: debian_DSA-5948.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/25/2025

Updated: 6/25/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-31698

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:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:trafficserver-experimental-plugins, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:trafficserver-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:trafficserver

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-53868, CVE-2025-31698, CVE-2025-49763