Debian DSA-3445-1 : pygments - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 87901

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Synopsis

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

Description

Javantea discovered that pygments, a generic syntax highlighter, is prone to a shell injection vulnerability allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a font name.

Solution

Upgrade the pygments packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5+dfsg-1+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.1+dfsg-1.1+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 87901

File Name: debian_DSA-3445.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/14/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pygments, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8557

DSA: 3445

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