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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libarchive (SUSE-SU-2018:3571-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 120150
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for libarchive fixes the following issues :CVE-2017-14501: An out-of-bounds read flaw existed in parse_file_info in archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c when extracting a specially crafted iso9660 iso file, related to archive_read_format_iso9660_read_header. (bsc#1059139)
CVE-2017-14502: read_header in archive_read_support_format_rar.c suffered from an off-by-one error for UTF-16 names in RAR archives, leading to an out-of-bounds read in archive_read_format_rar_read_header. (bsc#1059134)
CVE-2017-14503: libarchive suffered from an out-of-bounds read within lha_read_data_none() in archive_read_support_format_lha.c when extracting a specially crafted lha archive, related to lha_crc16.
(bsc#1059100)
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 Module for Development Tools 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-2018-2528=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-2528=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1059100
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1059134
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1059139
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14501/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14502/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 120150
File Name: suse_SU-2018-3571-1.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 1/2/2019
Updated: 7/10/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-14502
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:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bsdtar, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libarchive-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libarchive13-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libarchive-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libarchive13, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bsdtar-debuginfo
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: 10/30/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/17/2017