Debian DSA-3289-1 : p7zip - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 84200

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Synopsis

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

Description

Alexander Cherepanov discovered that p7zip is susceptible to a directory traversal vulnerability. While extracting an archive, it will extract symlinks and then follow them if they are referenced in further entries. This can be exploited by a rogue archive to write files outside the current directory.

Solution

Upgrade the p7zip packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 9.20.1~dfsg.1-4+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 9.20.1~dfsg.1-4.1+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 84200

File Name: debian_DSA-3289.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/16/2015

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: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:p7zip, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, 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: 6/15/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1038

BID: 71890

DSA: 3289

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