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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : perl-Archive-Zip (SUSE-SU-2018:2388-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111840

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for perl-Archive-Zip fixes the following security issue :

 - CVE-2018-10860: Prevent directory traversal caused by not properly sanitizing paths while extracting zip files. An attacker able to provide a specially crafted archive for processing could have used this flaw to write or overwrite arbitrary files in the context of the perl interpreter (bsc#1099497).

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-perl-Archive-Zip-13734=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1099497

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10860/

http://www.nessus.org/u?70a40e51

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111840

File Name: suse_SU-2018-2388-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/17/2018

Updated: 8/16/2024

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10860

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-archive-zip

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10860