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SUSE SLED12 Security Update : zziplib (SUSE-SU-2018:3379-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 118388

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for zziplib fixes the following issues :

CVE-2018-17828: Remove any '../' components from pathnames of extracted files to avoid path traversal during unpacking.
(bsc#1110687)

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 Workstation Extension 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP3-2018-2425=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-2425=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-2425=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110687

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17828/

http://www.nessus.org/u?83da6bf9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 118388

File Name: suse_SU-2018-3379-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/25/2018

Updated: 7/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless 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: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17828

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:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzzip-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzzip-0-13-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zziplib-debugsource

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: 10/24/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17828