Debian DLA-3026-1 : filezilla - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 161612

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3026 advisory.

- Untrusted search path in FileZilla before 3.41.0-rc1 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a malicious 'fzsftp' binary in the user's home directory. (CVE-2019-5429)

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 filezilla packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 3.24.0-1+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161612

File Name: debian_DLA-3026.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/27/2022

Updated: 5/27/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5429

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5429

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