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GLSA-200702-04 : RAR, UnRAR: Buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 24353

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-200702-04 (RAR, UnRAR: Buffer overflow)

 RAR and UnRAR contain a boundary error when processing password-protected archives that could result in a stack-based buffer overflow.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted password-protected archive and execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user uncompressing the archive.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All UnRAR users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-arch/unrar-3.7.3' All RAR users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-arch/rar-3.7.0_beta1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200702-04

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 24353

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200702-04.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 2/15/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:rar, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:unrar, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0855

BID: 22447

GLSA: 200702-04