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Debian dla-3831 : nano - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 200694

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3831 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3831-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk June 17, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : nano Version : 3.2-3+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2024-5742

 A symlink attack with emergency file saving has been fixed in the text editor nano.

 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 3.2-3+deb10u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your nano packages.

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

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

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 nano packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-5742

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/nano

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 200694

File Name: debian_DLA-3831.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/18/2024

Updated: 9/25/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5742

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nano, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nano-tiny

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-5742

IAVA: 2024-A-0355