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Rocky Linux 8 : zziplib (RLSA-2021:4316)

low Nessus Plugin ID 184902

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2021:4316 advisory.

 - Infinite Loop in zziplib v0.13.69 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via the return value zzip_file_read in the function unzzip_cat_file. (CVE-2020-18442)

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 packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:4316

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1973826

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 184902

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2021-4316.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 11/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-18442

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:zziplib, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:zziplib-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:zziplib-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:zziplib-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:zziplib-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:zziplib-utils

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-18442