SharpZipLib before 1.0 RC1 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a Zip archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - SharpZipLib before 1.0 RC1 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary     files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a Zip archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This     vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'. (CVE-2018-1002208)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - SharpZipLib before 1.0 RC1 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary
    files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a Zip archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This
    vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'. (CVE-2018-1002208)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
254505	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-1002208	Nessus	Misc.	medium
414033	SCA: security update for SharpZipLib (GHSA-cqj4-m2pc-v9m5)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
414033	SCA: security update for SharpZipLib (GHSA-cqj4-m2pc-v9m5)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium

Detections

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CVE-2018-1002208

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