Debian DSA-5296-1 : xfce4-settings - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 168424

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5296 advisory.

- In Xfce xfce4-settings before 4.16.4 and 4.17.x before 4.17.1, there is an argument injection vulnerability in xfce4-mime-helper. (CVE-2022-45062)

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 xfce4-settings packages.

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

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1023732

http://www.nessus.org/u?3107b822

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5296

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-45062

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/xfce4-settings

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 168424

File Name: debian_DSA-5296.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/6/2022

Updated: 12/6/2022

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: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-45062

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xfce4-helpers, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xfce4-settings

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-45062