7-Zip < 16.03 NULL Pointer Dereference DoS

high Nessus Plugin ID 109799

Synopsis

A compression utility installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The version of 7-Zip installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 16.03. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service (DoS) flaw due to a Null pointer dereference flaw.

Solution

Upgrade to 7-Zip version 16.03 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/yangke/7zip-null-pointer-dereference

https://www.7-zip.org/history.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109799

File Name: 7zip_16_03.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/14/2018

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:7-zip:7-zip

Required KB Items: installed_sw/7-Zip

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9296

BID: 94294