CentOS 9 : libarchive-3.5.3-2.el9

medium Nessus Plugin ID 191322

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for bsdcat.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the libarchive-3.5.3-2.el9 build changelog.

- 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 CentOS 9 Stream bsdcat package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=21485

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 191322

File Name: centos9_libarchive-3_5_3-2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/29/2024

Updated: 4/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment 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:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bsdcat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bsdcpio, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bsdtar, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libarchive, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libarchive-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-26280