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Debian DSA-4083-1 : poco - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 105754

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Synopsis

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

Description

Stephan Zeisberg discovered that poco, a collection of open source C++ class libraries, did not correctly validate file paths in ZIP archives. An attacker could leverage this flaw to create or overwrite arbitrary files.

Solution

Upgrade the poco packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.6p1-5+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.6+dfsg1-5+deb9u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/poco

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4083

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/poco

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/poco

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 105754

File Name: debian_DSA-4083.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/12/2018

Updated: 11/13/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:poco, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000472

DSA: 4083