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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 / 11.10 : libarchive vulnerabilities (USN-1310-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57341

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain ISO 9660 image files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted ISO 9660 image file, a remote attacker could cause libarchive to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2011-1777)

It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain tar archive files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted tar file, a remote attacker could cause libarchive to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2011-1778).

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Solution

Update the affected libarchive1 package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1310-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57341

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1310-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/20/2011

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libarchive1, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2012

Reference Information

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

BID: 47737

USN: 1310-1