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openSUSE Security Update : p7zip (openSUSE-2015-456)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 84497

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

p7zip was update to fix one security issue.

The following vulnerability was fixed :

 - CVE-2015-1038: Attackers could have written to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a specially crafted archive (boo#912878)

Solution

Update the affected p7zip packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=912878

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 84497

File Name: openSUSE-2015-456.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/2/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:p7zip, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:p7zip-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:p7zip-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/23/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1038