Debian dsa-5652 : python-py7zr-doc - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 192756

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-5652 advisory.

- A directory traversal vulnerability in the SevenZipFile.extractall() function of the python library py7zr v0.20.0 and earlier allows attackers to write arbitrary files via extracting a crafted 7z file.
(CVE-2022-44900)

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 python-py7zr-doc packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/py7zr

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-44900

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/py7zr

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 192756

File Name: debian_DSA-5652.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/2/2024

Updated: 4/2/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-44900

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-py7zr-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-py7zr

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-44900