Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libarchive (MDVSA-2011:190)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57332

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Two heap-based buffer overflow flaws were discovered in libarchive. If a user were tricked into expanding a specially crafted ISO 9660 CD-ROM image or tar archive with an application using libarchive, it could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application (CVE-2011-1777, CVE-2011-1778).

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57332

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2011-190.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 12/19/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bsdcpio, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bsdtar, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64archive-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64archive2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libarchive-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libarchive2, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2011

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1777, CVE-2011-1778

BID: 47737

MDVSA: 2011:190

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