Debian dsa-5679 : less - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 194970

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5679 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5679-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso May 03, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : less CVE ID : CVE-2022-48624 CVE-2024-32487 Debian Bug : 1064293 1068938 1069681

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in less, a file pager, which may result in the execution of arbitrary commands if a file with a specially crafted file name is processed.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 551-2+deb11u2.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 590-2.1~deb12u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your less packages.

For the detailed security status of less please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/less

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: [email protected]

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the less packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194970

File Name: debian_DSA-5679.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/4/2024

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

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-2022-48624

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-32487

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:less, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48624, CVE-2024-32487

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