Debian DSA-4167-1 : sharutils - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 108854

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Synopsis

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

Description

A buffer-overflow vulnerability was discovered in Sharutils, a set of utilities handle Shell Archives. An attacker with control on the input of the unshar command, could crash the application or execute arbitrary code in the its context.

Solution

Upgrade the sharutils packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1:4.14-2+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:4.15.2-2+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 108854

File Name: debian_DSA-4167.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/6/2018

Updated: 11/19/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000097

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sharutils, 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: 4/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000097

DSA: 4167

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