Debian DSA-5122-1 : gzip - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 159906

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 / 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5122 advisory.

cleemy desu wayo reported that incorrect handling of filenames by zgrep in gzip, the GNU compression utilities, can result in overwrite of arbitrary files or execution of arbitrary code if a file with a specially crafted filename is processed. For the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.9-3+deb10u1. For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.10-4+deb11u1. We recommend that you upgrade your gzip packages. For the detailed security status of gzip please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/gzip

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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 gzip packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.10-4+deb11u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 159906

File Name: debian_DSA-5122.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/19/2022

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1271

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gzip, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gzip-win32, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1271

IAVA: 2024-A-0327

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