Debian DSA-3915-1 : ruby-mixlib-archive - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 101857

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that ruby-mixlib-archive, a Chef Software's library used to handle various archive formats, was vulnerable to a directory traversal attack. This allowed attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by using a malicious tar archive containing '..' in its entries.

Solution

Upgrade the ruby-mixlib-archive packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.0-1+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 101857

File Name: debian_DSA-3915.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/21/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ruby-mixlib-archive, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000026

DSA: 3915

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