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GLSA-202305-05 : xfce4-settings: Browser Argument Injection

critical Nessus Plugin ID 175038

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202305-05 (xfce4-settings: Browser Argument Injection)

 - 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

All xfce4-settings users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=xfce-base/xfce4-settings-4.17.1

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-05

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=880257

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 175038

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202305-05.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 5/3/2023

Updated: 5/3/2023

Supported Sensors: 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: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xfce4-settings

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-45062