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RHEL 4 : unzip (RHSA-2007:0203)

low Nessus Plugin ID 25135

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated unzip packages that fix two security issues and various bugs are now available.

This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The unzip utility is used to list, test, or extract files from a zip archive.

A race condition was found in Unzip. Local users could use this flaw to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a file while it was being decompressed (CVE-2005-2475)

A buffer overflow was found in Unzip command line argument handling.
If a user could be tricked into running Unzip with a specially crafted long file name, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with that user's privileges. (CVE-2005-4667)

As well, this update adds support for files larger than 2GB.

All users of unzip should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches that resolve these issues.

Solution

Update the affected unzip package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-2475

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-4667

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0203

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 25135

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0203.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/2/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:unzip, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2475, CVE-2005-4667

BID: 14450

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2007:0203