Debian DSA-5185-1 : mat2 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 163264

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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-5185 advisory.

A directory traversal vulnerability was discovered in the Metadata anonymisation toolkit, which could result in information disclosure via a malformed ZIP archive. For the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 0.8.0-3+deb10u1. For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.1-2+deb11u1. We recommend that you upgrade your mat2 packages. For the detailed security status of mat2 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security- tracker.debian.org/tracker/mat2

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 mat2 packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.1-2+deb11u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 163264

File Name: debian_DSA-5185.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/16/2022

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-35410

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mat, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mat2

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: 7/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-35410

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