openSUSE Security Update : zziplib (openSUSE-2018-215)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 107049

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for zziplib to 0.13.67 contains multiple bug and security fixes :

- If an extension block is too small to hold an extension, do not use the information therein.

- CVE-2018-6540: If the End of central directory record (EOCD) contains an Offset of start of central directory which is beyond the end of the file, reject the file.
(bsc#1079096)

- CVE-2018-6484: Reject the ZIP file and report it as corrupt if the size of the central directory and/or the offset of start of central directory point beyond the end of the ZIP file. (bsc#1078701)

- CVE-2018-6381: If a file is uncompressed, compressed and uncompressed sizes should be identical. (bsc#1078497)

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

Solution

Update the affected zziplib packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1024532

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1024536

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1034539

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1078497

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1078701

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1079096

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 107049

File Name: openSUSE-2018-215.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/28/2018

Updated: 10/27/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6540

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libzzip-0-13-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libzzip-0-13-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:zziplib-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:zziplib-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libzzip-0-13, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:zziplib-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:zziplib-devel-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libzzip-0-13-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:zziplib-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6381, CVE-2018-6484, CVE-2018-6540