openSUSE Security Update : p7zip (openSUSE-2018-188)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106920

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for p7zip fixes the following security issues :

- CVE-2016-1372: Fixed multiple vulnerabilities when processing crafted 7z files (bsc#984650)

- CVE-2017-17969: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in a shrink decoder (bsc#1077725)

- CVE-2018-5996: Fixed memory corruption in RAR decompression. The complete RAR decoder was removed as it also has license issues (bsc#1077724 bsc#1077978)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected p7zip packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1077724

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1077725

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1077978

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=984650

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106920

File Name: openSUSE-2018-188.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/21/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:p7zip-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:p7zip, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:p7zip-debugsource

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1372, CVE-2017-17969, CVE-2018-5996