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Debian dla-4378 : r-cran-gh - security update

low Nessus Plugin ID 276691

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4378 advisory.

 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4378-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Daniel Leidert November 25, 2025 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : r-cran-gh Version : 1.2.0-1+deb11u1 CVE ID : CVE-2025-54956 Debian Bug : 1110481

 A vulnerability has been discovered in r-cran-gh, a GNU R Minimal client to access the 'GitHub' 'API'.

 CVE-2025-54956

 The HTTP response is delivered in a data structure that includes the Authorization header from the corresponding HTTP request.

 For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.0-1+deb11u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your r-cran-gh packages.

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

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS Attachment:
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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 r-cran-gh packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/r-cran-gh

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-54956

https://packages.debian.org/source/bullseye/r-cran-gh

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 276691

File Name: debian_DLA-4378.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/25/2025

Updated: 11/25/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-54956

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.2

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:r-cran-gh

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-54956