Debian dsa-6450 : libsrt-doc - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 337865

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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-6450 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6450-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff August 18, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : srt CVE ID : CVE-2026-55868 CVE-2026-55869

Two security vulnerabilities were discovered in SRT, a latency-aware UDP streaming library, which could result in denial of service or encryption bypass.

For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.4-1+deb13u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your srt packages.

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

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 libsrt-doc packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 337865

File Name: debian_DSA-6450.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/18/2026

Updated: 8/18/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.52

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-55869

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsrt-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsrt-gnutls-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsrt-openssl-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsrt1.5-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libsrt1.5-openssl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:srt-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-55868, CVE-2026-55869

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