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Fedora 35 : jhead (2022-1d9133bc8e)

high Nessus Plugin ID 169121

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 35 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-1d9133bc8e advisory.

 - Jhead 3.06.0.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands by placing them in a JPEG filename and then using the regeneration -rgt50 option. (CVE-2022-41751)

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

Solution

Update the affected jhead package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-1d9133bc8e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 169121

File Name: fedora_2022-1d9133bc8e.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/22/2022

Updated: 9/12/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41751

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:fedoraproject:fedora:35, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:jhead

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41751