The 'nano' package in Ubuntu is affected by privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2024-5742)
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 52 |
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OSV | CVE-2024-5742 | 12 Jun 202409:15 | – | osv |
OSV | Low: nano security update | 24 Sep 202400:00 | – | osv |
OSV | nano - security update | 17 Jun 202400:00 | – | osv |
OSV | nano-8.0-2.1 on GA media | 15 Jun 202400:00 | – | osv |
OSV | Low: nano security update | 30 Sep 202414:30 | – | osv |
OSV | Security update for nano | 11 Jun 202417:41 | – | osv |
OSV | nano vulnerability | 15 Oct 202412:29 | – | osv |
OSV | nano vulnerability | 29 Oct 202411:15 | – | osv |
OSV | Red Hat Security Advisory: nano security update | 25 Sep 202405:50 | – | osv |
OSV | Red Hat Security Advisory: nano security update | 12 Nov 202418:07 | – | osv |
Source | Link |
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ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7064-1 |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2024.7064.1");
script_cve_id("CVE-2024-5742");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-10-16 04:08:06 +0000 (Wed, 16 Oct 2024)");
script_version("2024-10-16T08:00:45+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-10-16 08:00:45 +0000 (Wed, 16 Oct 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-09-24 15:39:46 +0000 (Tue, 24 Sep 2024)");
script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-7064-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(16\.04\ LTS|18\.04\ LTS|20\.04\ LTS|22\.04\ LTS|24\.04\ LTS)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-7064-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7064-1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'nano' package(s) announced via the USN-7064-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that nano allowed a possible privilege escalation
through an insecure temporary file. If nano was killed while editing, the
permissions granted to the emergency save file could be used by an
attacker to escalate privileges using a malicious symlink.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'nano' package(s) on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04.");
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-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "UBUNTU16.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"nano", ver:"2.5.3-2ubuntu2+esm1", rls:"UBUNTU16.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU18.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"nano", ver:"2.9.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1", rls:"UBUNTU18.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU20.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"nano", ver:"4.8-1ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU20.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU22.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"nano", ver:"6.2-1ubuntu0.1", rls:"UBUNTU22.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU24.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"nano", ver:"7.2-2ubuntu0.1", rls:"UBUNTU24.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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