RHEL 7 : libmspack (RHSA-2019:2049)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 127659

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libmspack.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2049 advisory.

- libmspack: Out-of-bounds write in mspack/cab.h (CVE-2018-18584)

- libmspack: chmd_read_headers() fails to reject filenames containing NULL bytes (CVE-2018-18585)

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 libmspack package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:2049.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 127659

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-2049.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 5/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless 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: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18585

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18584

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmspack, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmspack-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: 8/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18584, CVE-2018-18585

CWE: 476, 787

RHSA: 2019:2049

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