FreeBSD : Erlang - Absolute Path in Zip Module (237f4f57-b50f-11f0-ae9b-b42e991fc52e)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 272040

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 237f4f57-b50f-11f0-ae9b-b42e991fc52e advisory.

https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-9g37-pgj9-wrhc reports:
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Erlang OTP (stdlib modules) allows Absolute Path Traversal, File Manipulation.
This vulnerability is associated with program files lib/stdlib/src/zip.erl and program routines zip:unzip/1, zip:unzip/2, zip:extract/1, zip:extract/2unless the memory option is passed. This issue affects OTP from OTP 17.0 until OTP28.0.1, OTP27.3.4.1 and OTP26.2.5.13, corresponding to stdlib from 2.0 until 7.0.1, 6.2.2.1 and 5.2.3.4.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the FreeBSD 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

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 272040

File Name: freebsd_pkg_237f4f57b50f11f0ae9bb42e991fc52e.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 10/30/2025

Updated: 10/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

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-2025-4748

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Threat Score: 1.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:erlang, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:erlang-runtime26, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:erlang-runtime27, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:erlang-runtime28

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-4748

IAVA: 2025-A-0438

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