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Debian DSA-2413-1 : libarchive - buffer overflows

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58043

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Two buffer overflows have been discovered in libarchive, a library providing a flexible interface for reading and writing archives in various formats. The possible buffer overflows while reading ISO 9660 or tar streams allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code depending on the application that makes use of this functionality.

Solution

Upgrade the libarchive packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.4-1+squeeze1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/libarchive

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2413

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58043

File Name: debian_DSA-2413.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/21/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:debian:debian_linux:libarchive, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1777, CVE-2011-1778

BID: 47737

DSA: 2413