Debian DLA-3467-1 : hsqldb - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 177650

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3467 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 Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.1-2+deb10u2.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3467

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 177650

File Name: debian_DLA-3467.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/27/2023

Updated: 7/18/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhsqldb-java-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libhsqldb-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:hsqldb-utils, 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: 6/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1183