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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.

 - 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)

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3229

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

http://www.nessus.org/u?2b0cc1e7

http://www.nessus.org/u?a28ae602

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1554662

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1554672

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1554676

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 118535

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-3229.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/31/2018

Updated: 7/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7725, CVE-2018-7726, CVE-2018-7727

CWE: 125, 20, 772

RHSA: 2018:3229