SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2016:1909-1)
🗓️ 19 Apr 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 393 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| libarchive -- multiple vulnerabilities | 23 Jun 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 | |
| CVE-2016-4302 | 21 Sep 201614:25 | – | attackerkb | |
| CVE-2016-4300 | 21 Sep 201614:25 | – | attackerkb | |
| CVE-2016-4301 | 21 Sep 201614:25 | – | attackerkb | |
| 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 | |
| CentOS 6 : libarchive (CESA-2016:1850) | 16 Sep 201600:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| bugzilla | www.bugzilla.suse.com/985669 |
| bugzilla | www.bugzilla.suse.com/985689 |
| suse | www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161909-1.html |
| www.1909-1 | |
| bugzilla | www.bugzilla.suse.com/985609 |
| bugzilla | www.bugzilla.suse.com/985685 |
| bugzilla | www.bugzilla.suse.com/985706 |
| bugzilla | www.bugzilla.suse.com/985835 |
| bugzilla | www.bugzilla.suse.com/985703 |
| bugzilla | www.bugzilla.suse.com/985675 |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2016.1909.1");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8918", "CVE-2015-8919", "CVE-2015-8920", "CVE-2015-8921", "CVE-2015-8922", "CVE-2015-8923", "CVE-2015-8924", "CVE-2015-8925", "CVE-2015-8926", "CVE-2015-8928", "CVE-2015-8929", "CVE-2015-8930", "CVE-2015-8931", "CVE-2015-8932", "CVE-2015-8933", "CVE-2015-8934", "CVE-2016-4300", "CVE-2016-4301", "CVE-2016-4302", "CVE-2016-4809");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-04-19 00:00:00 +0000 (Mon, 19 Apr 2021)");
script_version("2025-08-15T15:42:25+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-15 15:42:25 +0000 (Fri, 15 Aug 2025)");
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:L/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:"2016-09-21 16:03:50 +0000 (Wed, 21 Sep 2016)");
script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2016:1909-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse_sles", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=(SLES12\.0SP1)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"SUSE-SU-2016:1909-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161909-1.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/984990");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985609");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985665");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985669");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985673");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985675");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985679");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985682");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985685");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985688");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985689");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985697");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985698");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985700");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985703");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985704");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985706");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985826");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985832");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985835");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2016-July/002169.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'libarchive' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2016:1909-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"libarchive was updated to fix 20 security issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2015-8918: Overlapping memcpy in CAB parser (bsc#985698).
- CVE-2015-8919: Heap out of bounds read in LHA/LZH parser (bsc#985697).
- CVE-2015-8920: Stack out of bounds read in ar parser (bsc#985675).
- CVE-2015-8921: Global out of bounds read in mtree parser (bsc#985682).
- CVE-2015-8922: Null pointer access in 7z parser (bsc#985685).
- CVE-2015-8923: Unclear crashes in ZIP parser (bsc#985703).
- CVE-2015-8924: Heap buffer read overflow in tar (bsc#985609).
- CVE-2015-8925: Unclear invalid memory read in mtree parser (bsc#985706).
- CVE-2015-8926: NULL pointer access in RAR parser (bsc#985704).
- CVE-2015-8928: Heap out of bounds read in mtree parser (bsc#985679).
- CVE-2015-8929: Memory leak in tar parser (bsc#985669).
- CVE-2015-8930: Endless loop in ISO parser (bsc#985700).
- CVE-2015-8931: Undefined behavior / signed integer overflow in mtree parser (bsc#985689).
- CVE-2015-8932: Compress handler left shifting larger than int size (bsc#985665).
- CVE-2015-8933: Undefined behavior / signed integer overflow in TAR parser (bsc#985688).
- CVE-2015-8934: Out of bounds read in RAR (bsc#985673).
- CVE-2016-4300: Heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the 7zip read_SubStreamsInfo (bsc#985832).
- CVE-2016-4301: Stack buffer overflow in the mtree parse_device (bsc#985826).
- CVE-2016-4302: Heap buffer overflow in the Rar decompression functionality (bsc#985835).
- CVE-2016-4809: Memory allocate error with symbolic links in cpio archives (bsc#984990).");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'libarchive' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12-SP1.");
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-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "SLES12.0SP1") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libarchive13", rpm:"libarchive13~3.1.2~22.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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