Debian dsa-6029 : ark - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 270802

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6029 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6029-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff October 20, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : ark CVE ID : CVE-2024-57966

It was discovered that insecure path handling in the Ark archive utility could result in overwriting a user's files.

For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 4:22.12.3-1+deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ark packages.

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

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 ark packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 270802

File Name: debian_DSA-6029.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/20/2025

Updated: 10/20/2025

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: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-57966

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ark, 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: 10/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-57966

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