Debian DSA-5382-1 : cairosvg - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 173948

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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-5382 advisory.

It was reported that cairosvg, a SVG converter based on Cairo, can send requests to external hosts when processing specially crafted SVG files with external file resource loading. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to perform a server-side request forgery or denial of service. Fetching of external files is disabled by default with this update. For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2.5.0-1.1+deb11u1. We recommend that you upgrade your cairosvg packages. For the detailed security status of cairosvg please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security- tracker.debian.org/tracker/cairosvg

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

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 cairosvg packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2.5.0-1.1+deb11u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173948

File Name: debian_DSA-5382.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/6/2023

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-27586

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cairosvg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-cairosvg

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-27586

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