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Debian dsa-5763 : python-pymatgen-doc - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 206401

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5763 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5763-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff August 30, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : pymatgen CVE ID : CVE-2024-23346

 William Khem-Marquez discovered that Pymatgen, a Python library for materials analysis, could be tricked into running arbitrary code if a malformed CIF file is processed.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 2022.11.7+dfsg1-11+deb12u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your pymatgen packages.

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

 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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the python-pymatgen-doc packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-23346

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/pymatgen

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 206401

File Name: debian_DSA-5763.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/30/2024

Updated: 2/6/2025

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-23346

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-pymatgen, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-pymatgen-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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: 8/30/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-23346