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Debian DSA-4738-1 : ark - security update

low Nessus Plugin ID 139254

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Synopsis

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

Description

Dominik Penner discovered that the Ark archive manager did not sanitise extraction paths, which could result in maliciously crafted archives writing outside the extraction directory.

Solution

Upgrade the ark packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 4:18.08.3-1+deb10u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ark

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/ark

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4738

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 139254

File Name: debian_DSA-4738.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/3/2020

Updated: 5/23/2022

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-16116

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ark, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16116

DSA: 4738