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Amazon Linux 2 : zziplib (ALAS-2020-1551)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 141948
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of tested product installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1551 advisory.- Directory traversal vulnerability in ZZIPlib 0.13.69 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a zip file, because of the function unzzip_cat in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c file.
(CVE-2018-17828)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Run 'yum update zziplib' to update your system.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 141948
File Name: al2_ALAS-2020-1551.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 10/27/2020
Updated: 2/13/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17828
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:zziplib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:zziplib-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:zziplib-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:zziplib-utils, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-17828
ALAS: 2020-1551