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NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : lz4 Vulnerability (NS-SA-2022-0051)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 160840

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has lz4 packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

 - There's a flaw in lz4. An attacker who submits a crafted file to an application linked with lz4 may be able to trigger an integer overflow, leading to calling of memmove() on a negative size argument, causing an out-of-bounds write and/or a crash. The greatest impact of this flaw is to availability, with some potential impact to confidentiality and integrity as well. (CVE-2021-3520)

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 lz4 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-2022-0051

http://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2021-3520

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 160840

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2022-0051_lz4.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 5/10/2022

Updated: 5/10/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3520

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:lz4-devel, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:lz4-libs-debuginfo, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:6, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:lz4-libs, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:lz4-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:lz4-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:lz4-static, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:lz4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3520