Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : lzo (ELSA-2014-0861)

high Nessus Plugin ID 76441

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Synopsis

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

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2014:0861 :

Updated lzo packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Moderate 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.

LZO is a portable lossless data compression library written in ANSI C.

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the lzo library decompressed certain archives compressed with the LZO algorithm. An attacker could create a specially crafted LZO-compressed input that, when decompressed by an application using the lzo library, would cause that application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2014-4607)

Red Hat would like to thank Don A. Bailey from Lab Mouse Security for reporting this issue.

All lzo users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. For the update to take effect, all services linked to the lzo library must be restarted or the system rebooted.

Solution

Update the affected lzo packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 76441

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-0861.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/10/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:lzo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:lzo-minilzo, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:lzo-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4607

BID: 68213

RHSA: 2014:0861

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