Debian DSA-515-1 : lha - several vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15352

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in lha :

- CAN-2004-0234 - Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the get_header function in header.c for LHA 1.14 allow remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary code via long directory or file names in an LHA archive, which triggers the overflow when testing or extracting the archive.
- CAN-2004-0235 - Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in LHA 1.14 allow remote attackers or local users to create arbitrary files via an LHA archive containing filenames with (1) .. sequences or (2) absolute pathnames with double leading slashes ('//absolute/path').

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody), these problems have been fixed in version 1.14i-2woody1.


We recommend that you update your lha package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-515

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15352

File Name: debian_DSA-515.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lha

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0234, CVE-2004-0235, CVE-2007-3375

BID: 10243

CWE: 119

DSA: 515