openSUSE Security Update : rubygem-minitar (openSUSE-2017-231)

high Nessus Plugin ID 97094

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for rubygem-minitar fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2016-10173: Fixed a directory traversal vulnerability in rubygem-minitar, rubygem-archive-tar-minitar. (boo#1021740)

Solution

Update the affected rubygem-minitar package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1021740

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97094

File Name: openSUSE-2017-231.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/10/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.1-rubygem-minitar, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10173