Debian DLA-2567-1 : unrar-free security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 146602

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Several issues have been found in unrar-free, an unarchiver for .rar files.

CVE-2017-14120

This CVE is related to a directory traversal vulnerability for RAR v2 archives.

CVE-2017-14121

This CVE is related to NULL pointer dereference flaw triggered by a specially crafted RAR archive.

CVE-2017-14122

This CVE is related to stack-based buffer over-read.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1:0.0.1+cvs20140707-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your unrar-free packages.

For the detailed security status of unrar-free please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/unrar-free

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected unrar-free package.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00026.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/unrar-free

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/unrar-free

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 146602

File Name: debian_DLA-2567.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/19/2021

Updated: 3/2/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-14122

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:unrar-free, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14120, CVE-2017-14121, CVE-2017-14122