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Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2979-1)

🗓️ 16 Jul 2014 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'fail2ban' package(s) announced via the DSA-2979-1 advisory. Two vulnerabilities were discovered in Fail2ban, a solution to ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702979");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-7176", "CVE-2013-7177");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-07-16 22:00:00 +0000 (Wed, 16 Jul 2014)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:04 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2979-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB7");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-2979-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2014/DSA-2979-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-2979");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'fail2ban' package(s) announced via the DSA-2979-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Two vulnerabilities were discovered in Fail2ban, a solution to ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors. When using Fail2ban to monitor Postfix or Cyrus IMAP logs, improper input validation in log parsing could enable a remote attacker to trigger an IP ban on arbitrary addresses, resulting in denial of service.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 0.8.6-3wheezy3.

For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 0.8.11-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 0.8.11-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your fail2ban packages.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'fail2ban' package(s) on Debian 7.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "DEB7") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"fail2ban", ver:"0.8.6-3wheezy3", rls:"DEB7"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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