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Debian DSA-4227-1 : plexus-archiver - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 110503

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Synopsis

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

Description

Danny Grander discovered a directory traversal flaw in plexus-archiver, an Archiver plugin for the Plexus compiler system, allowing an attacker to overwrite any file writable by the extracting user via a specially crafted Zip archive.

Solution

Upgrade the plexus-archiver packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2-1+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2-1+deb9u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900953

http://www.nessus.org/u?e0f6b9d5

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/plexus-archiver

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/plexus-archiver

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4227

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 110503

File Name: debian_DSA-4227.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2018

Updated: 9/20/2024

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: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1002200

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1002200

DSA: 4227