Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704484
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4484-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'linux' package(s) announced via the DSA-4484-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'linux' package(s) announced via the DSA-4484-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Jann Horn discovered that the ptrace subsystem in the Linux kernel mishandles the management of the credentials of a process that wants to create a ptrace relationship, allowing a local user to obtain root privileges under certain scenarios. For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.9.168-1+deb9u4. For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 4.19.37-5+deb10u1. This update includes as well a patch for a regression introduced by the original fix for CVE-2019-11478 (#930904). We recommend that you upgrade your linux packages. For the detailed security status of linux please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references] Affected Software/OS: 'linux' package(s) on Debian 9, Debian 10. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-13272 Bugtraq: 20190722 [SECURITY] [DSA 4484-1] linux security update (Google Search) https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/30 Bugtraq: 20190722 [slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2019-202-01) (Google Search) https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/33 Debian Security Information: DSA-4484 (Google Search) https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4484 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OGRK5LYWBJ4E4SRI4DKX367NHYSI3VOH/ http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153663/Linux-PTRACE_TRACEME-Broken-Permission-Object-Lifetime-Handling.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153702/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154245/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0054-1.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154957/Linux-Polkit-pkexec-Helper-PTRACE_TRACEME-Local-Root.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156929/Linux-PTRACE_TRACEME-Local-Root.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165051/Linux-Kernel-5.1.x-PTRACE_TRACEME-pkexec-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1903 https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.17 https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6994eefb0053799d2e07cd140df6c2ea106c41ee https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6994eefb0053799d2e07cd140df6c2ea106c41ee https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00022.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00023.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2405 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2405 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2411 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2411 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2809 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2809 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4093-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4095-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4117-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
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