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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : libarchive vulnerability (USN-5374-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 159645

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 21.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5374-1 advisory.

 - Libarchive v3.6.0 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read via the component zipx_lzma_alone_init.
 (CVE-2022-26280)

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 libarchive-dev, libarchive-tools and / or libarchive13 packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5374-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 159645

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5374-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/11/2022

Updated: 10/20/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-26280

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libarchive-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libarchive-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libarchive13

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-26280

USN: 5374-1