CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : bzip2 (CESA-2010:0703)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 49633

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated bzip2 packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

bzip2 is a freely available, high-quality data compressor. It provides both standalone compression and decompression utilities, as well as a shared library for use with other programs.

An integer overflow flaw was discovered in the bzip2 decompression routine. This issue could, when decompressing malformed archives, cause bzip2, or an application linked against the libbz2 library, to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-0405)

Users of bzip2 should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. All running applications using the libbz2 library must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected bzip2 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 49633

File Name: centos_RHSA-2010-0703.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 9/22/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bzip2, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bzip2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bzip2-libs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0405

BID: 43331

IAVB: 2010-B-0083

RHSA: 2010:0703

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