Several heap-based buffer over-reads were found in discount, an implementation of the Markdown markup language in C, that allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via specially crafted files.
For Debian 8 ‘Jessie’, these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.7-1+deb8u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your discount 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.
#%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-1499-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(117367);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-11468", "CVE-2018-11503", "CVE-2018-11504", "CVE-2018-12495");
script_name(english:"Debian DLA-1499-1 : discount security update");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages.");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Several heap-based buffer over-reads were found in discount, an
implementation of the Markdown markup language in C, that allowed
remote attackers to cause a denial of service via specially crafted
files.
For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version
2.1.7-1+deb8u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your discount 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/2018/09/msg00009.html"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/discount"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:discount");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmarkdown2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmarkdown2-dbg");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmarkdown2-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/09/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/09/10");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
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:"8.0", prefix:"discount", reference:"2.1.7-1+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libmarkdown2", reference:"2.1.7-1+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libmarkdown2-dbg", reference:"2.1.7-1+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libmarkdown2-dev", reference:"2.1.7-1+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | discount | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:discount |
debian | debian_linux | libmarkdown2 | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmarkdown2 |
debian | debian_linux | libmarkdown2-dbg | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmarkdown2-dbg |
debian | debian_linux | libmarkdown2-dev | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmarkdown2-dev |
debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11468
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11503
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11504
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12495
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00009.html
packages.debian.org/source/jessie/discount