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openSUSE Security Update : libarchive (openSUSE-2016-1404)
high Nessus Plugin ID 95558
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
This update for libarchive fixes several issues.These security issues were fixed :
- CVE-2016-8687: Buffer overflow when printing a filename (bsc#1005070).
- CVE-2016-8689: Heap overflow when reading corrupted 7Zip files (bsc#1005072).
- CVE-2016-8688: Use after free because of incorrect calculation in next_line (bsc#1005076).
- CVE-2016-5844: Integer overflow in the ISO parser in libarchive allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ISO file (bsc#986566).
- CVE-2016-6250: Integer overflow in the ISO9660 writer in libarchive allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors related to verifying filename lengths when writing an ISO9660 archive, which trigger a buffer overflow (bsc#989980).
- CVE-2016-5418: The sandboxing code in libarchive mishandled hardlink archive entries of non-zero data size, which might allowed remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive file (bsc#998677).
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.
Solution
Update the affected libarchive packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1005070
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1005072
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1005076
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=986566
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 95558
File Name: openSUSE-2016-1404.nasl
Version: 2.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 12/6/2016
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libarchive13-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libarchive13-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libarchive-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libarchive-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bsdtar, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bsdtar-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libarchive13, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libarchive13-debuginfo-32bit
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-2304, CVE-2016-5418, CVE-2016-5844, CVE-2016-6250, CVE-2016-8687, CVE-2016-8688, CVE-2016-8689