RHEL 8 : file-roller (RHSA-2021:4179)

low Nessus Plugin ID 155169

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for file-roller.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:4179 advisory.

- file-roller: directory traversal via directory symlink pointing outside of the target directory (incomplete fix for CVE-2020-11736) (CVE-2020-36314)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL file-roller package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:4179.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7240878e

http://www.nessus.org/u?e0c14fea

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4179

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1947534

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 155169

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-4179.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2021

Updated: 4/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-36314

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.9

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:file-roller

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36314

CWE: 22

RHSA: 2021:4179