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NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : libarchive Vulnerability (NS-SA-2020-0013)

high Nessus Plugin ID 135760

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Synopsis

The remote machine is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has libarchive packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

 - A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in libarchive in the way it processes RAR archives when there is an error in one of the archive's entries. An application that accepts untrusted RAR archives may be vulnerable to this flaw, which could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or to potentially execute code. (CVE-2019-18408)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL libarchive packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

http://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2020-0013

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 135760

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2020-0013_libarchive.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 4/21/2020

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: 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-2019-18408

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

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/ZTE-CGSL/release, Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/4/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-18408