Debian dsa-6012 : nncp - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 265994

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 / 13 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6012 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6012-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso September 26, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : nncp CVE ID : CVE-2025-60020 Debian Bug : 1115848

Eugene Medvedev discovered that nncp, a package facilitating secure store-and-forward file and mail exchange, was susceptible to path traversal with the freq and file commands.

For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 8.8.2-3+deb12u1.

For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in version 8.11.0-4+deb13u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your nncp packages.

For the detailed security status of nncp please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/nncp

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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 nncp packages.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-60020

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

https://packages.debian.org/source/trixie/nncp

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 265994

File Name: debian_DSA-6012.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/26/2025

Updated: 9/26/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-60020

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nncp

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-60020