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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : unzip regression (USN-2788-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86809

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2788-2 advisory.

 USN-2788-1 fixed vulnerabilities in unzip. One of the security patches caused a regression when extracting 0-byte files. This update fixes the problem.

 We apologize for the inconvenience.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected unzip package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2788-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86809

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2788-2.nasl

Version: 2.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2015

Updated: 10/29/2024

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

Risk Information

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:unzip

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2015

Reference Information

USN: 2788-2