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Google: app-editors/nano: security update to 19165.0.0

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 452573

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A vulnerability was found in GNU Nano that allows a possible privilege escalation through an insecure
 temporary file. If Nano is killed while editing, a file it saves to an emergency file with the permissions
 of the running user provides a window of opportunity for attackers to escalate privileges through a
 malicious symlink. (CVE-2024-5742)

Solution

Update the app-editors/nano library and its related packages to version 19165.0.0 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-125.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 452573

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5742

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-5742