GLSA-202211-02 : lesspipe: Arbitrary Code Exeecution

critical Nessus Plugin ID 167257

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202211-02 (lesspipe: Arbitrary Code Exeecution)

 - lesspipe before 2.06 allows attackers to execute code via Perl Storable (pst) files, because of deserialized object destructor execution via a key/value pair in a hash. (CVE-2022-44542)

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

Solution

All lesspipe users should update to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=app-text/lesspipe-2.06

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-02

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=865631

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 167257

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202211-02.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 11/10/2022

Updated: 11/10/2022

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-44542

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:lesspipe, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-44542