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GLSA-200603-12 : zoo: Buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21085

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200603-12 (zoo: Buffer overflow)

 zoo is vulnerable to a new buffer overflow due to insecure use of the strcpy() function when trying to create an archive from certain directories or filenames.
 Impact :

 An attacker could exploit this issue by enticing a user to create a zoo archive of specially crafted directories and filenames, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running zoo.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All zoo users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-arch/zoo-2.10-r2'

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=183426

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200603-12

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21085

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200603-12.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 3/16/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:zoo, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1269

GLSA: 200603-12