Debian dsa-6198 : valkey-sentinel - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 305038

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6198 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6198-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff April 05, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : valkey CVE ID : CVE-2025-67733 CVE-2026-21863

Two security vulnerabilities were discovered in Valkey, a persistent key-value database with network interface, which could result in denial of service or data manipulation.

For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in version 8.1.1+dfsg1-3+deb13u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your valkey packages.

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

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 valkey-sentinel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 305038

File Name: debian_DSA-6198.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/5/2026

Updated: 4/5/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-67733

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:valkey-server, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:valkey-sentinel, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:valkey-tools

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: 4/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-67733, CVE-2026-21863

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