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GLSA-202107-45 : PyCharm Community, Professional: Remote code execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 156982

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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-202107-45 (PyCharm Community, Professional: Remote code execution)

 Insufficient validation exists within PyCharm’s checks for fetching projects from VCS.
 Impact :

 If a victim can be enticed into fetching a VCS project via PyCharm, a remote attacker could achieve remote code execution.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All PyCharm Community users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-util/pycharm-community-2021.1.2' All PyCharm Professional users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-util/pycharm-professional-2021.1.2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-45

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 156982

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202107-45.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 1/24/2022

Updated: 12/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-30005

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pycharm-community, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pycharm-professional, 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: 7/20/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-30005

GLSA: 202107-45