GLSA-202409-30 : yt-dlp: Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 207891

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202409-30 (yt-dlp: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in yt-dlp. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

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

All yt-dlp users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=net-misc/yt-dlp-2024.07.01

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-30

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=909780

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=917355

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=935316

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 207891

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202409-30.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 9/28/2024

Updated: 9/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-35934

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:yt-dlp

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: 7/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-35934, CVE-2023-46121, CVE-2024-38519