Debian DLA-3290-1 : libzen - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 170759

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3290 advisory.

- A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in MediaArea ZenLib up to 0.4.38. This affects the function Ztring::Date_From_Seconds_1970_Local of the file Source/ZenLib/Ztring.cpp. The manipulation of the argument Value leads to unchecked return value to null pointer dereference. Upgrading to version 0.4.39 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 6475fcccd37c9cf17e0cfe263b5fe0e2e47a8408.
It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-217629 was assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2020-36646)

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 libzen packages.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.37-1+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 170759

File Name: debian_DLA-3290.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/29/2023

Updated: 2/29/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-36646

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libzen0v5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libzen-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libzen-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-36646

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