Debian DSA-2981-1 : polarssl - security update. Flaw in PolarSSL allows remote unauthenticated attacker to mount denial of service against servers and clients. Upgrade to version 1.2.9-1~deb7u3
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 31 |
---|---|---|---|---|
UbuntuCve | CVE-2014-4911 | 22 Jul 201400:00 | – | ubuntucve |
Tenable Nessus | Fedora 20 : polarssl-1.2.11-1.fc20 (2014-8316) | 22 Jul 201400:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Fedora 19 : polarssl-1.2.11-1.fc19 (2014-8310) | 22 Jul 201400:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Debian DLA-36-1 : polarssl security update | 26 Mar 201500:00 | – | nessus |
securityvulns | [SECURITY] [DSA 2981-1] polarssl security update | 22 Jul 201400:00 | – | securityvulns |
securityvulns | PolarSSL DoS | 22 Jul 201400:00 | – | securityvulns |
NVD | CVE-2014-4911 | 22 Jul 201414:55 | – | nvd |
OpenVAS | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2981-1) | 17 Jul 201400:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Debian Security Advisory DSA 2981-1 (polarssl - security update) | 18 Jul 201400:00 | – | openvas |
OpenVAS | Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-36-1) | 8 Mar 202300:00 | – | openvas |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-2981. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(76599);
script_version("1.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-4911");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"2981");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-2981-1 : polarssl - security update");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"A flaw was discovered in PolarSSL, a lightweight crypto and SSL/TLS
library, which can be exploited by a remote unauthenticated attacker
to mount a denial of service against PolarSSL servers that offer GCM
ciphersuites. Potentially clients are affected too if a malicious
server decides to execute the denial of service attack against its
clients."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=754655"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/polarssl"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2981"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the polarssl packages.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.9-1~deb7u3."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:polarssl");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/07/18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/07/20");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2021 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:"7.0", prefix:"libpolarssl-dev", reference:"1.2.9-1~deb7u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libpolarssl-runtime", reference:"1.2.9-1~deb7u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libpolarssl0", reference:"1.2.9-1~deb7u3")) 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");
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