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SUSE SLED12 Security Update : zziplib (SUSE-SU-2019:3341-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 132335

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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 :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2018-16548: Avoid a memory leak from __zzip_parse_root_directory() which could lead to denial of service. (bsc#1107424)

CVE-2018-7727: Fixed a memory leak in unzzip_cat() (bsc#1084515).

Non-security issue fixed: Prevented division by zero by first checking if uncompressed size is 0. This may happen with directories which have a compressed and uncompressed size of 0. (bsc#1129403)

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-SP5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP5-2019-3341=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP4-2019-3341=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2019-3341=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-3341=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-3341=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1084515

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107424

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1129403

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16548/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-7727/

http://www.nessus.org/u?6b275f24

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 132335

File Name: suse_SU-2019-3341-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/20/2019

Updated: 4/2/2024

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

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: 12/19/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16548, CVE-2018-7727