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Debian DSA-5562-1 : tor - security update

🗓️ 22 Nov 2023 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5562 advisory

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Code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory dsa-5562. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(186207);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/01/24");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-5562-1 : tor - security update");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5562
advisory.

    It was discovered that Tor was susceptible to a crash during handshake with a remote relay, resulting in
    denial of service. For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), support for tor is now discontinued. Please
    upgrade to the stable release (bookworm) to continue receiving tor updates. For the stable distribution
    (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.7.16-1. We recommend that you upgrade your tor
    packages. For the detailed security status of tor please refer to its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/tor

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/tor");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5562");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/tor");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/tor");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the tor packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.7.16-1.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

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

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/11/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/11/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/11/22");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tor");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tor-geoipdb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023-2025 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('debian_package.inc');

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

var debian_release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(debian_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
debian_release = chomp(debian_release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(12)\.[0-9]+", string:debian_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 12.0', 'Debian ' + debian_release);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Debian', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'tor', 'reference': '0.4.7.16-1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'tor-geoipdb', 'reference': '0.4.7.16-1'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var _release = NULL;
  var prefix = NULL;
  var reference = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['prefix'])) prefix = package_array['prefix'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (_release && prefix && reference) {
    if (deb_check(release:_release, prefix:prefix, reference:reference)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : deb_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = deb_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'tor / tor-geoipdb');
}

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