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Scientific Linux Security Update : hivex on SL7.x x86_64 (20150305)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82251

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was found that hivex attempted to read beyond its allocated buffer when reading a hive file with a very small size or with a truncated or improperly formatted content. An attacker able to supply a specially crafted hive file to an application using the hivex library could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running that application. (CVE-2014-9273)

The hivex package has been upgraded to upstream version 1.3.10, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.

This update also fixes the following bugs :

 - Due to an error in the hivex_value_data_cell_offset() function, the hivex utility could, in some cases, print an 'Argument list is too long' message and terminate unexpectedly when processing hive files from the Windows Registry. This update fixes the underlying code and hivex now processes hive files as expected.

 - A typographical error in the Win::Hivex.3pm manual page has been corrected.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7daac751

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82251

File Name: sl_20150305_hivex_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/26/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ruby-hivex, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:hivex, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-hivex, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:hivex-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:python-hivex, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:perl-hivex, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:hivex-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ocaml-hivex-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9273