Debian security update for squashfs-tools - addressing directory traversal vulnerabilit
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory dsa-4987. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
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include('compat.inc');
if (description)
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script_id(154178);
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/11/28");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-41072");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4987-1 : squashfs-tools - 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 / 11 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-4987
advisory.
- squashfs_opendir in unsquash-2.c in Squashfs-Tools 4.5 allows Directory Traversal, a different
vulnerability than CVE-2021-40153. A squashfs filesystem that has been crafted to include a symbolic link
and then contents under the same filename in a filesystem can cause unsquashfs to first create the
symbolic link pointing outside the expected directory, and then the subsequent write operation will cause
the unsquashfs process to write through the symbolic link elsewhere in the filesystem. (CVE-2021-41072)
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://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=994262");
# https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/squashfs-tools
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d374def4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4987");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41072");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/squashfs-tools");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/squashfs-tools");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the squashfs-tools packages.
For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
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script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-41072");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/09/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/10/15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/10/16");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:squashfs-tools");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2023 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('audit.inc');
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 release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
var release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(10)\.[0-9]+|^(11)\.[0-9]+", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 10.0 / 11.0', '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': 'squashfs-tools', 'reference': '1:4.3-12+deb10u2'},
{'release': '11.0', 'prefix': 'squashfs-tools', 'reference': '1:4.4-2+deb11u2'}
];
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, 'squashfs-tools');
}
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