Debian DLA-3193-1 : joblib - LTS security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 167785

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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-3193 advisory.

- The package joblib from 0 and before 1.2.0 are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution via the pre_dispatch flag in Parallel() class due to the eval() statement. (CVE-2022-21797)

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 joblib packages.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 0.13.0-2+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 167785

File Name: debian_DLA-3193.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/17/2022

Updated: 10/3/2023

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21797

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-joblib, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-joblib

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: 11/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21797

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