SUSE SLED12 Security Update : zziplib (SUSE-SU-2017:1095-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 99653

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for zziplib fixes the following issues: Secuirty issues fixed :

- CVE-2017-5974: heap-based buffer overflow in
__zzip_get32 (fetch.c) (bsc#1024517)

- CVE-2017-5975: heap-based buffer overflow in
__zzip_get64 (fetch.c) (bsc#1024528)

- CVE-2017-5976: heap-based buffer overflow in zzip_mem_entry_extra_block (memdisk.c) (bsc#1024531)

- CVE-2017-5977: invalid memory read in zzip_mem_entry_extra_block (memdisk.c) (bsc#1024534)

- CVE-2017-5978: out of bounds read in zzip_mem_entry_new (memdisk.c) (bsc#1024533)

- CVE-2017-5979: NULL pointer dereference in prescan_entry (fseeko.c) (bsc#1024535)

- CVE-2017-5980: NULL pointer dereference in zzip_mem_entry_new (memdisk.c) (bsc#1024536)

- CVE-2017-5981: assertion failure in seeko.c (bsc#1024539)

- NULL pointer dereference in main (unzzipcat-mem.c) (bsc#1024532)

- NULL pointer dereference in main (unzzipcat.c) (bsc#1024537)

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

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP2-2017-638=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP1-2017-638=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-638=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2017-638=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-638=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-638=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024517

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024528

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024531

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024532

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024533

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024534

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024535

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024536

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024537

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024539

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5974/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5975/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5976/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5977/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5978/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5979/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5980/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5981/

http://www.nessus.org/u?e5ebf2dd

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 99653

File Name: suse_SU-2017-1095-1.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/25/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzzip-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzzip-0-13-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zziplib-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5974, CVE-2017-5975, CVE-2017-5976, CVE-2017-5977, CVE-2017-5978, CVE-2017-5979, CVE-2017-5980, CVE-2017-5981