ROS-20240607-02

Vulnerability of closealtfile function for text terminals of UNIX-like Less systems is related to skipping Shellquote calls for LESSCLOSE in filename.c file. Exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands...

less: OS command injection

An OS command injection flaw was found in Less. Since quoting is mishandled in filename.c, opening files with attacker-controlled file names can lead to OS command execution. Exploitation requires the LESSOPEN environment variable, which is set by default in many common cases...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: less security update

An update for less is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

Oracle Linux 7 : less (ELSA-2024-3669)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2024-3669 advisory. - Fix CVE-2024-32487 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for...

RHEL 7 : less (RHSA-2024:3669)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3669 advisory. The less utility is a text file browser that resembles more, but allows users to move backwards in the file as well as forwards. Since less does not...

RHEL 5 : less (Unpatched Vulnerability)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched. - less: out of bounds read access in isutf8wellformed CVE-2014-9488 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue bu...

RHEL 7 : less (Unpatched Vulnerability)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched. - less: out of bounds read access in isutf8wellformed CVE-2014-9488 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue bu...

EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : less (EulerOS-SA-2024-1789)

According to the versions of the less package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : closealtfile in filename.c in less before 606 omits shellquote calls for LESSCLOSE.CVE-2022-48624 Tenable has extracted the preceding description blo...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for less (EulerOS-SA-2024-1801)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for less (EulerOS-SA-2024-1789)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : less (EulerOS-SA-2024-1801)

According to the versions of the less package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : closealtfile in filename.c in less before 606 omits shellquote calls for LESSCLOSE.CVE-2022-48624 Tenable has extracted the preceding description blo...

CVE-2024-32487 affecting package less for versions less than 643-2

CVE-2024-32487 affecting package less for versions less than 643-2. A patched version of the package is available...

Amazon Linux 2 : less (ALAS-2024-2547)

The version of less installed on the remote host is prior to 458-9. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2547 advisory. less through 653 allows OS command execution via a newline character in the name of a file, because quoting is mishandled in filename.c...

less: OS command injection

An OS command injection flaw was found in Less. Since quoting is mishandled in filename.c, opening files with attacker-controlled file names can lead to OS command execution. Exploitation requires the LESSOPEN environment variable, which is set by default in many common cases...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: less security update

An update for less is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the...

Important: less

Issue Overview: less through 653 allows OS command execution via a newline character in the name of a file, because quoting is mishandled in filename.c. Exploitation typically requires use with attacker-controlled file names, such as the files extracted from an untrusted archive. Exploitation als...

AlmaLinux 9 : less (ALSA-2024:3513)

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2024:3513 advisory. less: OS command injection CVE-2024-32487 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory. Note that Nessus has...

ALSA-2024:3513 Important: less security update

The "less" utility is a text file browser that resembles "more", but allows users to move backwards in the file as well as forwards. Since "less" does not read the entire input file at startup, it also starts more quickly than ordinary text editors. Security Fixes: less: OS command injection...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for less (EulerOS-SA-2024-1716)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for less (EulerOS-SA-2024-1727)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...