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openSUSE Security Update : libzip (openSUSE-2017-1084)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 103400

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libzip fixes the following security issue :

 - CVE-2017-14107: The _zip_read_eocd64 function mishandled EOCD records, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory allocation failure in
 _zip_cdir_grow in zip_dirent.c) via a crafted ZIP archive (bsc#1056996).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected libzip packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1056996

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 103400

File Name: openSUSE-2017-1084.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/22/2017

Updated: 11/20/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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 Score Source: CVE-2017-14107

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:opensuse:libzip2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libzip-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libzip, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libzip2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libzip-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libzip-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libzip2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libzip2-debuginfo-32bit

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: 9/21/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14107