Debian DLA-3076-1 : freecad - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 164284

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3076 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 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 0.18~pre1+dfsg1-5+deb10u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1005747

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/freecad

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-3076

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-45844

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/freecad

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164284

File Name: debian_DLA-3076.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/18/2022

Updated: 10/13/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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:libfreecad-python3-0.18, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freecad-common, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freecad-runtime, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freecad-python3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libfreecad-python2-0.18, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freecad-python2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freecad

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: 8/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-45844