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HistorySep 25, 2016 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian Security Advisory DSA 3677-1 (libarchive - security update)

2016-09-2500:00:00
Copyright (c) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
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0.009 Low

EPSS

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80.7%

Several vulnerabilities were discovered
in libarchive, a multi-format archive and compression library, which may lead to
denial of service (memory consumption and application crash), bypass of sandboxing
restrictions and overwrite arbitrary files with arbitrary data from an
archive, or the execution of arbitrary code.

# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_3677.nasl 6608 2017-07-07 12:05:05Z cfischer $
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 3677-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
#
# Author:
# Greenbone Networks
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
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# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
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# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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#


if(description)
{
    script_id(703677);
    script_version("$Revision: 6608 $");
    script_cve_id("CVE-2016-5418", "CVE-2016-6250", "CVE-2016-7166");
    script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 3677-1 (libarchive - security update)");
    script_tag(name: "last_modification", value: "$Date: 2017-07-07 14:05:05 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
    script_tag(name: "creation_date", value: "2016-09-25 00:00:00 +0200 (Sun, 25 Sep 2016)");
    script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
    script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
    script_tag(name: "solution_type", value: "VendorFix");
    script_tag(name: "qod_type", value: "package");

    script_xref(name: "URL", value: "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3677.html");


    script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

    script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
    script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
    script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
    script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
    script_tag(name: "affected",  value: "libarchive on Debian Linux");
    script_tag(name: "insight",   value: "The libarchive library provides a
flexible interface for reading and writing streaming archive files such as
tar and cpio.");
    script_tag(name: "solution",  value: "For the stable distribution (jessie),
these problems have been fixed in version 3.1.2-11+deb8u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your libarchive packages.");
    script_tag(name: "summary",   value: "Several vulnerabilities were discovered
in libarchive, a multi-format archive and compression library, which may lead to
denial of service (memory consumption and application crash), bypass of sandboxing
restrictions and overwrite arbitrary files with arbitrary data from an
archive, or the execution of arbitrary code.");
    script_tag(name: "vuldetect", value: "This check tests the installed software
version using the apt package manager.");
    exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"bsdcpio", ver:"3.1.2-11+deb8u3", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"bsdtar", ver:"3.1.2-11+deb8u3", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libarchive-dev:amd64", ver:"3.1.2-11+deb8u3", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libarchive-dev:i386", ver:"3.1.2-11+deb8u3", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libarchive13:amd64", ver:"3.1.2-11+deb8u3", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libarchive13:i386", ver:"3.1.2-11+deb8u3", rls_regex:"DEB8.[0-9]+")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}


if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}