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GLSA-200704-05 : zziplib: Buffer Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 24938

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200704-05 (zziplib: Buffer Overflow)

 dmcox dmcox discovered a boundary error in the zzip_open_shared_io() function from zzip/file.c .
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to run a zziplib function with an overly long string as an argument which would trigger the buffer overflow and may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All zziplib users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/zziplib-0.13.49'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200704-05

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24938

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200704-05.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 4/5/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:zziplib, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1614

GLSA: 200704-05