A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in ReFirm Labs binwalk up to 2.3.2. Affected is an unknown function of the file src/binwalk/modules/extractor.py of the component Archive Extraction Handler. The manipulation leads to symlink following. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 2.3.3 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is fa0c0bd59b8588814756942fe4cb5452e76c1dcd. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216876.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in ReFirm Labs binwalk up to 2.3.2.
    Affected is an unknown function of the file src/binwalk/modules/extractor.py of the component Archive     Extraction Handler. The manipulation leads to symlink following. It is possible to launch the attack     remotely. Upgrading to version 2.3.3 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is     fa0c0bd59b8588814756942fe4cb5452e76c1dcd. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The     identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216876. (CVE-2021-4287)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-a36ba48049 advisory.

    Security fix for CVE-2021-4287

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 36 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-3727f00e4b advisory.

    Security fix for CVE-2021-4287

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
224292	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-4287	Nessus	Misc.	medium
211306	Fedora 37 : binwalk (2022-a36ba48049)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
169537	Fedora 36 : binwalk (2022-3727f00e4b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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