An updated perl-Archive-Tar package that fixes multiple security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.
The Archive::Tar module provides a mechanism for Perl scripts to manipulate tar archive files.
Multiple directory traversal flaws were discovered in the Archive::Tar module. A specially crafted tar file could cause a Perl script, using the Archive::Tar module to extract the archive, to overwrite an arbitrary file writable by the user running the script.
(CVE-2007-4829)
This package upgrades the Archive::Tar module to version 1.39_01.
Refer to the Archive::Tar moduleโs changes file, linked to in the References, for a full list of changes.
Users of perl-Archive-Tar are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which corrects these issues. All applications using the Archive::Tar module must be restarted for this update to take effect.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2010:0505 and
# CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2010:0505 respectively.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(47703);
script_version("1.17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-4829");
script_bugtraq_id(26355);
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2010:0505");
script_name(english:"CentOS 4 / 5 : perl-Archive-Tar (CESA-2010:0505)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote CentOS host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"An updated perl-Archive-Tar package that fixes multiple security
issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from
the CVE link in the References section.
The Archive::Tar module provides a mechanism for Perl scripts to
manipulate tar archive files.
Multiple directory traversal flaws were discovered in the Archive::Tar
module. A specially crafted tar file could cause a Perl script, using
the Archive::Tar module to extract the archive, to overwrite an
arbitrary file writable by the user running the script.
(CVE-2007-4829)
This package upgrades the Archive::Tar module to version 1.39_01.
Refer to the Archive::Tar module's changes file, linked to in the
References, for a full list of changes.
Users of perl-Archive-Tar are advised to upgrade to this updated
package, which corrects these issues. All applications using the
Archive::Tar module must be restarted for this update to take effect."
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2010-July/016749.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?74b4d107"
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2010-July/016750.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6890cf7e"
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2010-July/016813.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1f1b09e7"
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2010-July/016814.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?80125ec9"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected perl-archive-tar package."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_cwe_id(22);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-Archive-Tar");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/11/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/07/21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/07/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(4|5)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 4.x / 5.x", "CentOS " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"i386", reference:"perl-Archive-Tar-1.39.1-1.el4_8.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"perl-Archive-Tar-1.39.1-1.el4_8.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"perl-Archive-Tar-1.39.1-1.el5_5.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "perl-Archive-Tar");
}