Debian DSA-5164-1 : exo - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 162403

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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-5164 advisory.

It was discovered that exo, a support library for the Xfce desktop environment, would allow executing remote .desktop files. In some scenario, an attacker could use this vulnerability to trick an user an execute arbitrary code on the platform with the privileges of that user. For the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.4-1+deb10u1. For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 4.16.0-1+deb11u1. We recommend that you upgrade your exo packages.
For the detailed security status of exo please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security- tracker.debian.org/tracker/exo

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 exo packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 4.16.0-1+deb11u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 162403

File Name: debian_DSA-5164.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/20/2022

Updated: 1/24/2025

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-2022-32278

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:exo-utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libexo-1-0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libexo-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libexo-helpers, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libexo-1-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libexo-2-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libexo-2-0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-32278

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