RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : bzip2 (RHSA-2005:474)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18510

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated bzip2 packages that fix multiple issues are now available.

This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

[Updated 13 February 2006] Replacement bzip2 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 have been created as the original erratum packages did not fix CVE-2005-0758.

Bzip2 is a data compressor.

A bug was found in the way bzgrep processes file names. If a user can be tricked into running bzgrep on a file with a carefully crafted file name, arbitrary commands could be executed as the user running bzgrep.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0758 to this issue.

A bug was found in the way bzip2 modifies file permissions during decompression. If an attacker has write access to the directory into which bzip2 is decompressing files, it is possible for them to modify permissions on files owned by the user running bzip2 (CVE-2005-0953).

A bug was found in the way bzip2 decompresses files. It is possible for an attacker to create a specially crafted bzip2 file which will cause bzip2 to cause a denial of service (by filling disk space) if decompressed by a victim (CVE-2005-1260).

Users of Bzip2 should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected bzip2, bzip2-devel and / or bzip2-libs packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18510

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-474.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/17/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bzip2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bzip2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bzip2-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0758, CVE-2005-0953, CVE-2005-1260

RHSA: 2005:474

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