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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libarchive (SUSE-SU-2022:1803-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 161469

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:1803-1 advisory.

 - Libarchive v3.6.0 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read via the component zipx_lzma_alone_init.
 (CVE-2022-26280)

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

Solution

Update the affected bsdtar, libarchive-devel and / or libarchive13 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1197634

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-26280

http://www.nessus.org/u?15cc26a6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 161469

File Name: suse_SU-2022-1803-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/24/2022

Updated: 7/14/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-26280

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libarchive-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bsdtar, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libarchive13

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-26280

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:1803-1