Debian DSA-1779-1 : apt - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 38158

Synopsis

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

Description

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in APT, the well-known dpkg frontend. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2009-1300 In time zones where daylight savings time occurs at midnight, the apt cron.daily script fails, stopping new security updates from being applied automatically.

- CVE-2009-1358 A repository that has been signed with an expired or revoked OpenPGP key would still be considered valid by APT.

Solution

Upgrade the apt package.

For the old stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.6.46.4-0.1+etch1.

For the stable distribution (lenny), these problems have been fixed in version 0.7.20.2+lenny1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 38158

File Name: debian_DSA-1779.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/27/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:apt, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/26/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1300, CVE-2009-1358

CWE: 20

DSA: 1779

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