Improper sanitization in the invocation of ODA File Converter from FreeCAD 0.19 allows an attacker to inject OS commands via a crafted filename.

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

  - Improper sanitization in the invocation of ODA File Converter from FreeCAD 0.19 allows an attacker to     inject OS commands via a crafted filename. (CVE-2021-45844)

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

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5229 advisory.

  - Improper sanitization in the invocation of ODA File Converter from FreeCAD 0.19 allows an attacker to     inject OS commands via a crafted filename. (CVE-2021-45844)

  - The Path Sanity Check script of FreeCAD 0.19 is vulnerable to OS command injection, allowing an attacker     to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted FCStd document. (CVE-2021-45845)

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

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3076 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3076-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/               Emilio Pozuelo Monfort     August 18, 2022                               https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : freecad     Version        : 0.18~pre1+dfsg1-5+deb10u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2021-45844     Debian Bug     : 1005747

    A command injection vulnerability was found in FreeCAD, a parametric 3D     modeler, when importing DWG files with crafted filenames.

    For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version     0.18~pre1+dfsg1-5+deb10u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your freecad packages.

    For the detailed security status of freecad please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/freecad

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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

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

The remote Debian 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2934 advisory.

  - Improper sanitization in the invocation of ODA File Converter from FreeCAD 0.19 allows an attacker to     inject OS commands via a crafted filename. (CVE-2021-45844)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
255915	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-45844	Nessus	Misc.	high
165081	Debian DSA-5229-1 : freecad - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
164284	Debian dla-3076 : freecad - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
158675	Debian DLA-2934-1 : freecad - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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