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Oracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : bzip2 (ELSA-2008-0893)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 67750
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Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
From Red Hat Security Advisory 2008:0893 :Updated bzip2 packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Bzip2 is a freely available, high-quality data compressor. It provides both stand-alone compression and decompression utilities, as well as a shared library for use with other programs.
A buffer over-read flaw was discovered in the bzip2 decompression routine. This issue could cause an application linked against the libbz2 library to crash when decompressing malformed archives.
(CVE-2008-1372)
Users of bzip2 should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.
Solution
Update the affected bzip2 packages.See Also
https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2008-September/000735.html
https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2008-September/000736.html
https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2008-September/000737.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 67750
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0893.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 7/12/2013
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bzip2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bzip2-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:bzip2-libs, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:3, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:4, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux
Patch Publication Date: 9/16/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1372