GLSA-201412-49 : fish: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 80270

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201412-49 (fish: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in fish. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :

A local attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges or overwrite arbitrary files. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All fish users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-shells/fish-2.1.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-49

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 80270

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201412-49.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 12/29/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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:X/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:fish, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/28/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2905, CVE-2014-2906, CVE-2014-2914, CVE-2014-3219

BID: 67095, 67097, 67098, 67115

GLSA: 201412-49