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Debian DSA-5437-1 : hsqldb - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 177488

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5437 advisory.

 - A flaw was found in the Libreoffice package. An attacker can craft an odb containing a database/script file with a SCRIPT command where the contents of the file could be written to a new file whose location was determined by the attacker. (CVE-2023-1183)

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

Solution

Upgrade the hsqldb packages.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.1-1+deb12u1.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5437

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-1183

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/hsqldb

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/hsqldb

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 177488

File Name: debian_DSA-5437.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/22/2023

Updated: 7/18/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-1183

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhsqldb-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhsqldb-java-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:hsqldb-utils, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1183