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CentOS 9 : zlib-1.2.11-41.el9

critical Nessus Plugin ID 193937

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for minizip-compat.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the zlib-1.2.11-41.el9 build changelog.

 - MiniZip in zlib through 1.3 has an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow in zipOpenNewFileInZip4_64 via a long filename, comment, or extra field. NOTE: MiniZip is not a supported part of the zlib product. NOTE: pyminizip through 0.2.6 is also vulnerable because it bundles an affected zlib version, and exposes the applicable MiniZip code through its compress API. (CVE-2023-45853)

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 minizip-compat package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=40243

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 193937

File Name: centos9_zlib-1_2_11-41_40243.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/26/2024

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: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45853

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:minizip-compat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:minizip-compat-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:zlib, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:zlib-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:zlib-static

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45853