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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Pagure vulnerabilities (USN-7984-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 297796

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7984-1 advisory.

 Thomas Chauchefoin discovered that Pagure incorrectly handled symbolic links in Git repositories. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Pagure to expose files outside the intended repository boundaries. (CVE-2024-4981)

 Thomas Chauchefoin discovered that Pagure did not properly sanitize path inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files. (CVE-2024-4982)

 Thomas Chauchefoin discovered that Pagure incorrectly handled symbolic links during repository archiving.
 A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to disclose local files on the server. (CVE-2024-47515)

 Thomas Chauchefoin discovered that Pagure incorrectly handled certain inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code on the server. (CVE-2024-47516)

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7984-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 297796

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7984-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/4/2026

Updated: 2/4/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47516

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pagure-mirror, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pagure-logcom, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pagure-webhook, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pagure, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pagure-milters, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pagure-ci, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pagure-loadjson, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pagure-ev-server, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/24/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-47515, CVE-2024-47516, CVE-2024-4981, CVE-2024-4982

USN: 7984-1