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HistoryJul 26, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

AIX 7.3 TL 0 : zlib (IJ46030)

2023-07-2600:00:00
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https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2022-37434 zlib is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by inflate in inflate.c. By using a large gzip header extra field, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The text in the description was extracted from AIX Security
# Advisory zlib_advisory2.asc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(178846);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/07/31");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-37434");

  script_name(english:"AIX 7.3 TL 0 : zlib (IJ46030)");
  script_summary(english:"Check for APAR IJ46030");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis",
    value:"The remote AIX host is missing a security patch."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description",
    value:
"https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-37434 zlib is
vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds
checking by inflate in inflate.c. By using a large gzip header extra
field, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary
code on the system."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/zlib_advisory2.asc"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution",
    value:"Install the appropriate interim fix."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-37434");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:ibm:aix:7.3");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/07/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/07/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/07/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"AIX Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/AIX/lslpp", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AIX/version");

  exit(0);
}



include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("aix.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/AIX/version") ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "AIX");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/AIX/lslpp") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

if ( get_kb_item("Host/AIX/emgr_failure" ) ) exit(0, "This iFix check is disabled because : "+get_kb_item("Host/AIX/emgr_failure") );

flag = 0;

if (aix_check_ifix(release:"7.3", ml:"00", patch:"IJ46030m3a", package:"zlibNX.rte", minfilesetver:"7.3.0.0", maxfilesetver:"7.3.0.2") < 0) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:aix_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
ibmaix7.3cpe:/o:ibm:aix:7.3