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Debian DLA-1161-1 : redis security update

🗓️ 06 Nov 2017 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Redis security update fixing 'Cross Protocol Scripting' attack by rejecting invalid command strings and HTTP requests on TCP port. Upgrade to redis version 2:2.4.14-1+deb7u2 for Debian 7 'Wheezy'

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-1161-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(104399);
  script_version("3.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/11/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1051");

  script_name(english:"Debian DLA-1161-1 : redis security update");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It was discovered that there was a 'Cross Protocol Scripting' attack
in the Redis key-value database.

'POST' and 'Host:' command strings (which are not valid in the Redis
protocol) were not immediately rejected when an attacker makes HTTP
request to the Redis TCP port.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in redis version
2:2.4.14-1+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your redis packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description
block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted
to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without
introducing additional issues.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00004.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/redis");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the affected redis-server package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-1051");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/11/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/11/06");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:redis-server");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"redis-server", reference:"2:2.4.14-1+deb7u2")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

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