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CentOS 7 : cpio (CESA-2020:3908)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141623

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2020:3908 advisory.

 - cpio: improper input validation when writing tar header fields leads to unexpect tar generation (CVE-2019-14866)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected cpio package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8d75df3a

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141623

File Name: centos_RHSA-2020-3908.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2020

Updated: 2/15/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14866

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cpio, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14866

CWE: 20

RHSA: 2020:3908