Debian DLA-2900-1 : lrzsz - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 157250

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2900 advisory.

- lrzsz before version 0.12.21~rc can leak information to the receiving side due to an incorrect length check in the function zsdata that causes a size_t to wrap around. (CVE-2018-10195)

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 lrzsz packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.21-8+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 157250

File Name: debian_DLA-2900.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/31/2022

Updated: 1/31/2022

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: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10195

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:lrzsz, 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: 1/25/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10195

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