Integer signedness error in bspatch.c in bspatch in bsdiff, as used in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted patch file.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3671-1 advisory.

  - Integer signedness error in bspatch.c in bspatch in bsdiff, as used in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 and other     products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based     buffer overflow) via a crafted patch file. (CVE-2014-9862)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3455-1 advisory.

  - Integer signedness error in bspatch.c in bspatch in bsdiff, as used in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 and other     products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based     buffer overflow) via a crafted patch file. (CVE-2014-9862)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3456-1 advisory.

  - Integer signedness error in bspatch.c in bspatch in bsdiff, as used in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 and other     products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based     buffer overflow) via a crafted patch file. (CVE-2014-9862)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3094-1 advisory.

  - Integer signedness error in bspatch.c in bspatch in bsdiff, as used in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 and other     products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based     buffer overflow) via a crafted patch file. (CVE-2014-9862)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4500-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that bsdiff mishandled certain input. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious     file, an attacker could cause bsdiff to crash or

    potentially execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202003-44 (Binary diff: Heap-based buffer overflow)

    It was discovered that the implementation of bspatch did not check for a       negative value on numbers of bytes read from the diff and extra streams.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could entice a user to apply a specially crafted patch       using bspatch, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the       privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

An issue in bsdiff, a tool to generate/apply a patch between two binary files, has been found.

Using a crafted patch file an integer signedness error in bspatch could be used for a heap based buffer overflow and possibly execution of arbitrary code.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 4.3-15+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your bsdiff packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

It was discovered that there was an 'arbitrary write' vulnerability in bsdiff, a tool to patches between binary files.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in bsdiff version 4.3-14+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your bsdiff packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The implementation of bspatch does not check for a negative value on numbers of bytes read from the diff and extra streams, allowing an attacker who can control the patch file to write at arbitrary locations in the heap.

This issue was first discovered by The Chromium Project and reported independently by Lu Tung-Pin to the FreeBSD project. Impact : An attacker who can control the patch file can cause a crash or run arbitrary code under the credentials of the user who runs bspatch, in many cases, root.

This update for bsdiff fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2014-9862: Improper checking of input allows     arbitrary write on heap (boo#990660)

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X version 10.11.x prior to 10.11.6, and the following components contain vulnerabilities :

 - ACMP4AACBaseDecoder
 - Audio
 - CFNetwork
 - CoreGraphics
 - DspFuncLib
 - FaceTime
 - Graphics
 - IOHIDFamily
 - IOSurface
 - ImageIO
 - Kernel
 - QuickTime
 - Safari
 - Sandbox
 - libxml2

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X that is 10.11.x prior to 10.11.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - apache_mod_php
  - Audio
  - bsdiff
  - CFNetwork
  - CoreGraphics
  - FaceTime
  - Graphics Drivers
  - ImageIO
  - Intel Graphics Driver
  - IOHIDFamily
  - IOKit
  - IOSurface
  - Kernel
  - libc++abi
  - libexpat
  - LibreSSL
  - libxml2
  - libxslt
  - Login Window
  - OpenSSL
  - QuickTime
  - Safari Login AutoFill
  - Sandbox Profiles

Note that successful exploitation of the most serious issues can result in arbitrary code execution.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
166359	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : libostree (SUSE-SU-2022:3671-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
165572	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : libostree (SUSE-SU-2022:3455-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
165558	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libostree (SUSE-SU-2022:3456-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
164913	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libostree (SUSE-SU-2022:3094-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
140601	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : bsdiff vulnerabilities (USN-4500-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
134730	GLSA-202003-44 : Binary diff: Heap-based buffer overflow	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
131329	Debian DLA-2010-1 : bsdiff security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
94518	Debian DLA-697-1 : bsdiff security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
92928	FreeBSD : FreeBSD -- Heap vulnerability in bspatch (7d4f4955-600a-11e6-a6c3-14dae9d210b8)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high
92776	openSUSE Security Update : bsdiff (openSUSE-2016-946)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
9441	Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Operating System Detection	critical
92496	Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical

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