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RHEL 7 : zziplib (RHSA-2018:3229)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 118535
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for zziplib.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3229 advisory.The zziplib is a lightweight library to easily extract data from zip files.
Security Fix(es):
* zziplib: out of bound read in mmapped.c:zzip_disk_fread() causes crash (CVE-2018-7725)
* zziplib: Bus error in zip.c:__zzip_parse_root_directory() cause crash via crafted zip file (CVE-2018-7726)
* zziplib: Memory leak in memdisk.c:zzip_mem_disk_new() can lead to denial of service via crafted zip (CVE-2018-7727)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL zziplib package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:3229.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?2b0cc1e7
http://www.nessus.org/u?a28ae602
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3229
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1554662
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 118535
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-3229.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 10/31/2018
Updated: 11/5/2024
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
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Low
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7727
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:zziplib-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:zziplib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:zziplib-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2018