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Fedora 40 : pgadmin4 / python-jsonformatter (2024-15df3b6d95)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 194512

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 40 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-15df3b6d95 advisory.

 - pgAdmin <= 8.3 is affected by a path-traversal vulnerability while deserializing users' sessions in the session handling code. If the server is running on Windows, an unauthenticated attacker can load and deserialize remote pickle objects and gain code execution. If the server is running on POSIX/Linux, an authenticated attacker can upload pickle objects, deserialize them, and gain code execution.
 (CVE-2024-2044)

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 pgadmin4 and / or python-jsonformatter packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-15df3b6d95

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 194512

File Name: fedora_2024-15df3b6d95.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/29/2024

Updated: 4/30/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-2044

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 9.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:pgadmin4, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:40, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-jsonformatter

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2024

Exploitable With

Metasploit (pgAdmin Session Deserialization RCE)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-2044