Debian DLA-2934-1 : freecad - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 158675

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2934 advisory.

- Improper sanitization in the invocation of ODA File Converter from FreeCAD 0.19 allows an attacker to inject OS commands via a crafted filename. (CVE-2021-45844)

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

Solution

Upgrade the freecad packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 0.16+dfsg2-3+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 158675

File Name: debian_DLA-2934.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/7/2022

Updated: 11/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-45844

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freecad, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-45844

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