Debian dsa-5715 : composer - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 200705

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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-5715 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5715-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff June 18, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : composer CVE ID : CVE-2024-35241 CVE-2024-35242

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in Composer, a dependency manager for PHP, which could result in arbitrary command execution by operating on malicious git/hg repositories.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.9-2+deb11u3.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 2.5.5-1+deb12u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your composer packages.

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

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 composer packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 200705

File Name: debian_DSA-5715.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/18/2024

Updated: 8/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-35242

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 6/18/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-35241, CVE-2024-35242

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