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Debian dsa-5863 : libtasn1-6 - security update

🗓️ 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Debian security update DSA-5863-1 addresses vulnerability in libtasn1-6 for denial of service risk.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory dsa-5863. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(215973);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-12133");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2025-A-0096-S");

  script_name(english:"Debian dsa-5863 : libtasn1-6 - 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-5863
advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Debian Security Advisory DSA-5863-1                   [email protected]
    https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
    February 10, 2025                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : libtasn1-6
    CVE ID         : CVE-2024-12133
    Debian Bug     : 1095406

    Bing Shi reported a flaw in Libtasn1, a library to manage ASN.1
    structures. Inefficient processing of input DER data containing a large
    number of SEQUENCE OF or SET OF elements, may result in a denial of
    service.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in
    version 4.19.0-2+deb12u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your libtasn1-6 packages.

    For the detailed security status of libtasn1-6 please refer to its
    security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libtasn1-6

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
    these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
    found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: [email protected]

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/libtasn1-6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-12133");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/libtasn1-6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the libtasn1-6 packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  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:N/I:N/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-12133");

  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:"2025/02/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/02/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/02/10");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtasn1-6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtasn1-6-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtasn1-bin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtasn1-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025-2026 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': 'libtasn1-6', 'reference': '4.19.0-2+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libtasn1-6-dev', 'reference': '4.19.0-2+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libtasn1-bin', 'reference': '4.19.0-2+deb12u1'},
    {'release': '12.0', 'prefix': 'libtasn1-doc', 'reference': '4.19.0-2+deb12u1'}
];

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_WARNING,
    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, 'libtasn1-6 / libtasn1-6-dev / libtasn1-bin / libtasn1-doc');
}

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