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SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2016:1939-1)

🗓️ 09 Jun 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'bsdtar' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2016:1939-1 advisory. It fixes seven security issues including memory leaks, out of bounds read, and buffer overflow

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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2016.1939.1");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-2304", "CVE-2015-8918", "CVE-2015-8920", "CVE-2015-8921", "CVE-2015-8924", "CVE-2015-8929", "CVE-2016-4809");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-06-09 14:58:05 +0000 (Wed, 09 Jun 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:"6.4");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-09-21 16:50:31 +0000 (Wed, 21 Sep 2016)");

  script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2016:1939-1)");
  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=(SLES11\.0SP2|SLES11\.0SP3|SLES11\.0SP4)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"SUSE-SU-2016:1939-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161939-1.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/920870");
  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/985669");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985675");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985682");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985698");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2016-August/002172.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'bsdtar' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2016:1939-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"bsdtar was updated to fix seven security issues.

These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2015-8929: Memory leak in tar parser (bsc#985669).
- CVE-2016-4809: Memory allocate error with symbolic links in cpio archives (bsc#984990).
- 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-2015-8924: Heap buffer read overflow in tar (bsc#985609).
- CVE-2015-8918: Overlapping memcpy in CAB parser (bsc#985698).
- CVE-2015-2304: Reject absolute paths in input mode of bsdcpio exactly when '..' is rejected (bsc#920870).");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'bsdtar' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11-SP4.");

  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 == "SLES11.0SP2") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libarchive2", rpm:"libarchive2~2.5.5~9.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP2"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "SLES11.0SP3") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libarchive2", rpm:"libarchive2~2.5.5~9.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "SLES11.0SP4") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libarchive2", rpm:"libarchive2~2.5.5~9.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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