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Fedora 38 : mingw-nsis (2023-dfb6cc599f)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 178219

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-dfb6cc599f advisory.

 - Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) before 3.09 mishandles access control for an uninstaller directory. (CVE-2023-37378)

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 mingw-nsis package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-dfb6cc599f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 178219

File Name: fedora_2023-dfb6cc599f.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/13/2023

Updated: 7/13/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-37378

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mingw-nsis

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-37378