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GLSA-202409-27 : tmux: Null Pointer Dereference

medium Nessus Plugin ID 207887

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202409-27 (tmux: Null Pointer Dereference)

 A null pointer dereference issue was discovered in function window_pane_set_event in window.c in which allows attackers to cause denial of service or other unspecified impacts.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux 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

All tmux users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-misc/tmux-3.4

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-27

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=891783

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 207887

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202409-27.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 9/28/2024

Updated: 9/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-47016

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:tmux, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-47016