PowerArchiver 14.02.03 Incorrect PKZIP Encryption Usage

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73380

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by an incorrect encryption usage vulnerability.

Description

The remote host has PowerArchiver version 14.02.03 installed. It is, therefore, affected by a flaw with the encryption usage.

A flaw exists in the application where the insecure PKZIP encryption method is used when a user attempts to encrypt files with AES 256-bit encryption.

Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit this issue, but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to PowerArchiver 14.02.05 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a186deb6

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2014/Mar/79

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73380

File Name: powerarchiver_weak_encryption.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/7/2014

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:powerarchiver:powerarchiver

Required KB Items: SMB/PowerArchiver/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2319

BID: 66174