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Rocky Linux 8 : xz (RLSA-2022:4991)

high Nessus Plugin ID 185014

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-2022:4991 advisory.

 - An arbitrary file write vulnerability was found in GNU gzip's zgrep utility. When zgrep is applied on the attacker's chosen file name (for example, a crafted file name), this can overwrite an attacker's content to an arbitrary attacker-selected file. This flaw occurs due to insufficient validation when processing filenames with two or more newlines where selected content and the target file names are embedded in crafted multi-line file names. This flaw allows a remote, low privileged attacker to force zgrep to write arbitrary files on the system. (CVE-2022-1271)

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-2022:4991

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2073310

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 185014

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2022-4991.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 6/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1271

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:rocky:linux:xz-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xz-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xz-lzma-compat, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xz-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xz-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xz-lzma-compat-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xz-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xz

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1271

IAVA: 2024-A-0327