Debian DSA-3540-1 : lhasa - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 90323

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Synopsis

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

Description

Marcin Noga discovered an integer underflow in Lhasa, a lzh archive decompressor, which might result in the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed archive is processed.

Solution

Upgrade the lhasa packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.0.7-2+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.0+git3fe46-1+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 90323

File Name: debian_DSA-3540.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/5/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lhasa

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2347

DSA: 3540

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