4.7 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
15.7%
The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3831 advisory.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3831-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk June 17, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Package : nano Version : 3.2-3+deb10u1 CVE ID : CVE-2024-5742
A symlink attack with emergency file saving has been fixed in the text editor nano.
For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 3.2-3+deb10u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your nano packages.
For the detailed security status of nano please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/nano
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory dla-3831. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(200694);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/06/18");
script_cve_id("CVE-2024-5742");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2024-A-0355");
script_name(english:"Debian dla-3831 : nano - security update");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3831
advisory.
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3831-1 [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk
June 17, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Package : nano
Version : 3.2-3+deb10u1
CVE ID : CVE-2024-5742
A symlink attack with emergency file saving has been fixed in the text
editor nano.
For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version
3.2-3+deb10u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your nano packages.
For the detailed security status of nano please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/nano
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/nano");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-5742");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/nano");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the nano packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-5742");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/06/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/06/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/06/18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nano");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nano-tiny");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include('debian_package.inc');
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var debian_release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(debian_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
debian_release = chomp(debian_release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(10)\.[0-9]+", string:debian_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 10.0', 'Debian ' + debian_release);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Debian', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'nano', 'reference': '3.2-3+deb10u1'},
{'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'nano-tiny', 'reference': '3.2-3+deb10u1'}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
var _release = NULL;
var prefix = NULL;
var reference = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['prefix'])) prefix = package_array['prefix'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
if (_release && prefix && reference) {
if (deb_check(release:_release, prefix:prefix, reference:reference)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : deb_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = deb_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'nano / nano-tiny');
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | 10.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0 |
debian | debian_linux | nano | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nano |
debian | debian_linux | nano-tiny | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nano-tiny |
4.7 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
15.7%