Debian DSA-5214-1 : kicad - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 164321

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5214 advisory.

Multiple buffer overflows were discovered in Kicad, a suite of programs for the creation of printed circuit boards, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code if malformed Gerber/Excellon files.
For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 5.1.9+dfsg1-1+deb11u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your kicad packages. For the detailed security status of kicad please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/kicad

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the kicad packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 5.1.9+dfsg1-1+deb11u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164321

File Name: debian_DSA-5214.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/22/2022

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23947

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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kicad-doc-zh, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kicad-doc-es, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kicad-doc-pl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kicad-doc-en, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kicad-doc-ja, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kicad-libraries, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kicad-doc-de, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kicad, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kicad-demos, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kicad-doc-ru, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kicad-doc-ca, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kicad-doc-fr, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kicad-doc-it, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kicad-doc-id

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: 8/21/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23803, CVE-2022-23804, CVE-2022-23946, CVE-2022-23947

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