Debian DSA-4300-1 : libarchive-zip-perl - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 117644

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that Archive::Zip, a perl module for manipulation of ZIP archives, is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. An attacker able to provide a specially crafted archive for processing can take advantage of this flaw to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction.

Solution

Upgrade the libarchive-zip-perl packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.59-1+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117644

File Name: debian_DSA-4300.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/24/2018

Updated: 11/13/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libarchive-zip-perl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10860

DSA: 4300

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