GLSA-202105-07 : Telegram: Security bypass

medium Nessus Plugin ID 150025

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202105-07 (Telegram: Security bypass)

It was discovered that Telegram failed to invalidate a recently active session.
Impact :

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Telegram users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/telegram-desktop-2.4.11' All Telegram binary users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/telegram-desktop-bin-2.4.11'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-07

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 150025

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202105-07.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 5/27/2021

Updated: 1/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-27351

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:telegram-desktop, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:telegram-desktop-bin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-27351

GLSA: 202105-07