SUSE SLES11 Security Update : unrar (SUSE-SU-2018:0862-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 108828

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for unrar to version 5.6.1 fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed :

- CVE-2017-12938: Prevent remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism via vectors involving a symlink to the . directory, a symlink to the .. directory, and a regular file (bsc#1054038).

- CVE-2017-12940: Prevent out-of-bounds read in the EncodeFileName::Decode call within the Archive::ReadHeader15 function (bsc#1054038).

- CVE-2017-12941: Prevent an out-of-bounds read in the Unpack::Unpack20 function (bsc#1054038).

- CVE-2017-12942: Prevent a buffer overflow in the Unpack::LongLZ function (bsc#1054038).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-unrar-13542=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-unrar-13542=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 108828

File Name: suse_SU-2018-0862-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/4/2018

Updated: 11/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-6706

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12942

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:unrar, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6706, CVE-2017-12938, CVE-2017-12940, CVE-2017-12941, CVE-2017-12942

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