Fedora 22 : arj-3.10.22-22.fc22 (2015-5524)

high Nessus Plugin ID 82962

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Added patch from Debian to avoid free on invalid pointer due to a buffer overflow (#1196751, #1207180)

- Added patch from Debian for symlink directory traversal (#1178824)

- Added patch from Debian to fix the directory traversal via //multiple/leading/slash (#1178824)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected arj package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 82962

File Name: fedora_2015-5524.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 4/22/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:22, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:arj

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/4/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0556, CVE-2015-0557, CVE-2015-2782

FEDORA: 2015-5524

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