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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: less (CVE-2022-46663)

high Nessus Plugin ID 172852

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of less installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2022-46663 advisory.

 - In GNU Less before 609, crafted data can result in less -R not filtering ANSI escape sequences sent to the terminal. (CVE-2022-46663)

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 packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46663

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 172852

File Name: mariner_less_CVE-2022-46663.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 3/20/2023

Updated: 3/28/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-46663

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:less, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:less-debuginfo, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-46663