CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
87.8%
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian
# 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);