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
7.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
15.7%
The remote host is missing an update for the
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2024.0223");
script_cve_id("CVE-2024-5742");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-06-17 04:12:21 +0000 (Mon, 17 Jun 2024)");
script_version("2024-06-17T08:31:36+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-06-17 08:31:36 +0000 (Mon, 17 Jun 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_name("Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2024-0223)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Mageia Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/mageia_linux", "ssh/login/release", re:"ssh/login/release=MAGEIA9");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"MGASA-2024-0223");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0223.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33297");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VCJGQ6SCOSZGXAPYA7GYUT3M6ZPBLO5V/");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'nano' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2024-0223 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A vulnerability was found in GNU Nano that allows a possible privilege
escalation through an insecure temporary file. If Nano is killed while
editing, a file it saves to an emergency file with the permissions of
the running user provides a window of opportunity for attackers to
escalate privileges through a malicious symlink. (CVE-2024-5742)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'nano' package(s) on Mageia 9.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "MAGEIA9") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nano", rpm:"nano~7.2~1.1.mga9", rls:"MAGEIA9"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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
7.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
15.7%