Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2981-1)
🗓️ 18 May 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 83 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| libarchive -- RCE vulnerability | 1 May 201600:00 | – | freebsd | |
| Security Bulletin: Multiple libarchive vulnerabilities affect Watson Explorer | 17 Jun 201813:07 | – | ibm | |
| Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in libarchive affect PowerKVM | 18 Jun 201801:33 | – | ibm | |
| Important: libarchive | 27 Sep 201600:00 | – | amazon | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : libarchive (ALAS-2016-743) | 28 Sep 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 7 : libarchive (CESA-2016:1844) | 16 Sep 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-3574-1 : libarchive - security update | 12 May 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : libarchive (EulerOS-SA-2016-1045) | 1 May 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : libarchive (EulerOS-SA-2019-1470) | 13 May 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 22 : libarchive (2016-19c34099d3) | 14 Jul 201600:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2981-1 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842765");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1541");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-05-18 03:19:39 +0000 (Wed, 18 May 2016)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:05+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:05 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-05-09 17:21:13 +0000 (Mon, 09 May 2016)");
script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2981-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(12\.04\ LTS|14\.04\ LTS|15\.10|16\.04\ LTS)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-2981-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2981-1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'libarchive' package(s) announced via the USN-2981-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain entry-size
values in ZIP archives. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 15.10
and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-1541)
It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled memory when
processing certain tar files. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE number
pending)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'libarchive' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 16.04.");
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 == "UBUNTU12.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libarchive12", ver:"3.0.3-6ubuntu1.2", rls:"UBUNTU12.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU14.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libarchive13", ver:"3.1.2-7ubuntu2.2", rls:"UBUNTU14.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU15.10") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libarchive13", ver:"3.1.2-11ubuntu0.15.10.1", rls:"UBUNTU15.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU16.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libarchive13", ver:"3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.1", rls:"UBUNTU16.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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