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CentOS 7 : gcab (CESA-2018:0350)
high Nessus Plugin ID 107075
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
An update for gcab is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
The gcab package contains a utility for managing the Cabinet archives.
It can list, extract, and create Microsoft cabinet (.cab) files.
Security Fix(es) :
* gcab: Extracting malformed .cab files causes stack smashing potentially leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2018-5345)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Solution
Update the affected gcab packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 107075
File Name: centos_RHSA-2018-0350.nasl
Version: 3.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 3/1/2018
Updated: 12/31/2019
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5345
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:centos:centos:gcab, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgcab1, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgcab1-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-5345
RHSA: 2018:0350