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RHEL 6 : bzip2 (RHSA-2010:0858)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 50630
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for bzip2.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2010:0858 advisory.- bzip2: integer overflow flaw in BZ2_decompress (CVE-2010-0405)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL bzip2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2010:0858.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?5f2fc9b3
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 50630
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2010-0858.nasl
Version: 1.29
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/18/2010
Updated: 4/21/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-0405
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.6
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bzip2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bzip2-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bzip2-libs
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-0405
BID: 43331