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AlmaLinux 8 : file-roller (ALSA-2021:4179)

low Nessus Plugin ID 157683

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2021:4179 advisory.

 - fr-archive-libarchive.c in GNOME file-roller through 3.38.0, as used by GNOME Shell and other software, allows Directory Traversal during extraction because it lacks a check of whether a file's parent is a symlink in certain complex situations. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-11736. (CVE-2020-36314)

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

Solution

Update the affected file-roller package.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-4179.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 157683

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2021-4179.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 2/9/2022

Updated: 11/10/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-36314

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.9

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:file-roller, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36314