SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libarchive (SUSE-SU-2022:1930-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 161821

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:1930-1 advisory.

- An error in the lha_read_file_header_1() function (archive_read_support_format_lha.c) in libarchive 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read memory access and subsequently cause a crash via a specially crafted archive. (CVE-2017-5601)

- libarchive 3.4.1 through 3.5.1 has a use-after-free in copy_string (called from do_uncompress_block and process_block). (CVE-2021-36976)

- 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 these issues 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/1022528

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188572

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1189528

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1197634

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5601

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-36976

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?0935065b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 161821

File Name: suse_SU-2022-1930-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/3/2022

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: 6/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5601, CVE-2021-36976, CVE-2022-26280

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:1930-1