openSUSE 15 Security Update : deepin-compressor (openSUSE-SU-2023:0423-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187401

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2023:0423-1 advisory.

- Deepin-Compressor is the default archive manager of Deepin Linux OS. Prior to 5.12.21, there's a path traversal vulnerability in deepin-compressor that can be exploited to achieve Remote Command Execution on the target system upon opening crafted archives. Users are advised to update to version 5.12.21 which addresses the issue. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. (CVE-2023-50255)

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 affected deepin-compressor and / or deepin-compressor-lang packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1218428

http://www.nessus.org/u?4c16df5f

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-50255

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187401

File Name: openSUSE-2023-0423-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/30/2023

Updated: 1/5/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-50255

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:deepin-compressor, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:deepin-compressor-lang, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.5

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-50255