Debian DSA-4255-1 : ant - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 111317

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Danny Grander reported that the unzip and untar tasks in ant, a Java based build tool like make, allow the extraction of files outside a target directory. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw by submitting a specially crafted Zip or Tar archive to an ant build to overwrite any file writable by the user running ant.

Solution

Upgrade the ant packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.9-1+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111317

File Name: debian_DSA-4255.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/25/2018

Updated: 9/3/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ant

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10886

DSA: 4255

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