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NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : brotli Vulnerability (NS-SA-2024-0059)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 206863

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has brotli packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

 - A buffer overflow flaw was found in the Brotli library where an attacker could control the input length of a one-shot decompression request to a script that can trigger a crash. This issue can happen when copying chunks of data larger than 2 GiB. (CVE-2020-8927)

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

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL brotli packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

https://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2024-0059

https://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2020-8927

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 206863

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2024-0059_brotli.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 9/10/2024

Updated: 9/10/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8927

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:6, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:brotli

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8927