RHEL 2.1 / 3 : zip (RHSA-2004:634)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15990

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated zip package that fixes a buffer overflow vulnerability is now available.

The zip program is an archiving utility which can create ZIP-compatible archives.

A buffer overflow bug has been discovered in zip when handling long file names. An attacker could create a specially crafted path which could cause zip to crash or execute arbitrary instructions. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-1010 to this issue.

Users of zip should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected zip package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15990

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-634.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/17/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:zip

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/16/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1010

RHSA: 2004:634

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