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Debian DSA-3878-1 : zziplib - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 100739

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Synopsis

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

Description

Agostino Sarubbo discovered multiple vulnerabilities in zziplib, a library to access Zip archives, which could result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed archive is processed.

Solution

Upgrade the zziplib packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 0.13.62-3+deb8u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.13.62-3.1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/zziplib

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3878

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 100739

File Name: debian_DSA-3878.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5974, CVE-2017-5975, CVE-2017-5976, CVE-2017-5978, CVE-2017-5979, CVE-2017-5980, CVE-2017-5981

DSA: 3878