The Debian 'unzip' package on Debian 3.1 and Debian 4 is missing an update (DSA-1522-1) addressing CVE-2008-0888, enabling arbitrary code execution
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 56 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | CVE-2008-0888 | 17 Mar 200821:44 | – | cve |
![]() | GLSA-200804-06 : UnZip: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code | 11 Apr 200800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 2.1 / 3 : unzip (RHSA-2008:0196) | 19 Mar 200800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: unzip (CVE-2008-0888) | 2 Jul 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Scientific Linux Security Update : unzip on SL3.x i386/x86_64 | 1 Aug 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CentOS 3 : unzip (CESA-2008:0196) | 19 Mar 200800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : unzip (MDVSA-2008:068) | 23 Apr 200900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 3 : unzip (ELSA-2008-0196) | 12 Jul 201300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-1522-1 : unzip - programming error | 21 Mar 200800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 / 7.10 : unzip vulnerability (USN-589-1) | 21 Mar 200800:00 | – | nessus |
Source | Link |
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debian | www.debian.org/security/2008/DSA-1522-1 |
security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1522 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60576");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-0888");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-03-19 19:30:32 +0000 (Wed, 19 Mar 2008)");
script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1522-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB(3\.1|4)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-1522-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2008/DSA-1522-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1522");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'unzip' package(s) announced via the DSA-1522-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Tavis Ormandy discovered that unzip, when processing specially crafted ZIP archives, could pass invalid pointers to the C library's free routine, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2008-0888).
For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 5.52-1sarge5.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 5.52-9etch1.
The unstable distribution (sid) will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your unzip package.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'unzip' package(s) on Debian 3.1, Debian 4.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "DEB3.1") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"unzip", ver:"5.52-1sarge5", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "DEB4") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"unzip", ver:"5.52-9etch1", rls:"DEB4"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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