Debian DSA-3180-1 : libarchive - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81654

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Alexander Cherepanov discovered that bsdcpio, an implementation of the'cpio' program part of the libarchive project, is susceptible to a directory traversal vulnerability via absolute paths.

Solution

Upgrade the libarchive packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.4-3+wheezy1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.2-11.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81654

File Name: debian_DSA-3180.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/6/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libarchive, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2304

DSA: 3180

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