RHEL 8 : file-roller (RHSA-2020:4820)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142386

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for file-roller.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4820 advisory.

- file-roller: path traversal vulnerability via a specially crafted filename contained in malicious archive (CVE-2019-16680)

- file-roller: directory traversal via directory symlink pointing outside of the target directory (CVE-2020-11736)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL file-roller package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:4820.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142386

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4820.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/4/2020

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11736

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16680

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:file-roller

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16680, CVE-2020-11736

CWE: 22

RHSA: 2020:4820

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