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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : rpm (MDVSA-2014:251)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 79996

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Synopsis

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

Description

Updated rpm packages fix security vulnerabilities :

It was found that RPM wrote file contents to the target installation directory under a temporary name, and verified its cryptographic signature only after the temporary file has been written completely.
Under certain conditions, the system interprets the unverified temporary file contents and extracts commands from it. This could allow an attacker to modify signed RPM files in such a way that they would execute code chosen by the attacker during package installation (CVE-2013-6435).

It was found that RPM could encounter an integer overflow, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow, while parsing a crafted CPIO header in the payload section of an RPM file. This could allow an attacker to modify signed RPM files in such a way that they would execute code chosen by the attacker during package installation (CVE-2014-8118).

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0529.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 79996

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2014-251.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 12/15/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rpm, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:python-rpm, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rpm-build, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64rpm2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64rpm-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rpm-sign, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64rpmbuild2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64rpmsign2

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: 12/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6435, CVE-2014-8118

BID: 71558, 71588

MDVSA: 2014:251