Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : cabextract (MDVSA-2015:064)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82317

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated cabextract packages fix security vulnerabilities :

Libmspack, a library to provide compression and decompression of some file formats used by Microsoft, is embedded in cabextract. A specially crafted cab file can cause cabextract to hang forever. If cabextract is exposed to any remotely-controlled user input, this issue can cause a denial-of-service (CVE-2014-9556).

A directory traversal issue in cabextract allows writing to locations outside of the current working directory, when extracting a crafted cab file that encodes the filenames in a certain manner (CVE-2015-2060).

Solution

Update the affected cabextract package.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0052.html

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0086.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82317

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2015-064.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 3/30/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cabextract, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:2

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9556, CVE-2015-2060

MDVSA: 2015:064