diffoscope before 256 allows directory traversal via an embedded filename in a GPG file. Contents of any file, such as ../.ssh/id_rsa, may be disclosed to an attacker. This occurs because the value of the gpg --use-embedded-filenames option is trusted.

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

  - diffoscope before 256 allows directory traversal via an embedded filename in a GPG file. Contents of any     file, such as ../.ssh/id_rsa, may be disclosed to an attacker. This occurs because the value of the gpg
    --use-embedded-filenames option is trusted. (CVE-2024-25711)

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

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-b5bcfc7475 advisory.

    Automatic update for diffoscope-257-1.fc41.

    ##### **Changelog**

    ```
    * Sun Feb 18 2024 Zbigniew Jdrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 257-1
    - Version 257
    - Fixes rhbz#2264736, CVE-2024-25711

    ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-29ffe7d0ff advisory.

    Automatic update for diffoscope-257-1.fc40.

    ##### **Changelog**

    ```
    * Sun Feb 18 2024 Zbigniew Jdrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> - 257-1
    - Version 257
    - Fixes rhbz#2264736, CVE-2024-25711

    ```

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-3383326db4 advisory.

    Small bugfix update incl. a CVE fix.

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

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
228276	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-25711	Nessus	Misc.	high
211232	Fedora 41 : diffoscope (2024-b5bcfc7475)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
194545	Fedora 40 : diffoscope (2024-29ffe7d0ff)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
191038	Fedora 39 : diffoscope (2024-3383326db4)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2024-25711

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