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GLSA-200806-05 : cbrPager: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code

medium Nessus Plugin ID 33202

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-200806-05 (cbrPager: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code)

 Mamoru Tasaka discovered that filenames of the image archives are not properly sanitized before being passed to decompression utilities like unrar and unzip, which use the system() libc library call.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to open an archive with a specially crafted filename, resulting in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running the application.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All cbrPager users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-misc/cbrpager-0.9.17'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200806-05

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 33202

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200806-05.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 6/18/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2575

CWE: 94

GLSA: 200806-05