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openSUSE-SU-2019:2593-1 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceopenSUSE-SU-2019:2593-1

openSUSE-SU-2019:2593-1

MEDIUM5.1

Security update for cpio

Published Nov 30, 2019

Modified 6 years ago

Fix available

Details

Description of the patch:

This update for cpio fixes the following issues:

CVE-2019-14866: Fixed an improper validation of the values written in the header of a TAR file through the to_oct() function which could have led to unexpected TAR generation (bsc#1155199).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Affected Packages

cpio

openSUSE Leap 15.0

Fixed in:

2.12-lp150.2.3.1

cpio-lang

openSUSE Leap 15.0

Fixed in:

2.12-lp150.2.3.1

cpio-mt

openSUSE Leap 15.0

Fixed in:

2.12-lp150.2.3.1

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1155199

https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/S6XCUOVCXNQ6F2SKISA7LWT5WFS5W7MT/#S6XCUOVCXNQ6F2SKISA7LWT5WFS5W7MT

https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/S6XCUOVCXNQ6F2SKISA7LWT5WFS5W7MT/#S6XCUOVCXNQ6F2SKISA7LWT5WFS5W7MT

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14866/

https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

5.1

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

LowI:L

Availability

LowA:L

5.1/CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Upstream

Ecosystems

openSUSE Leap 15.0

Timeline

PublishedNov 30, 2019

ModifiedNov 30, 2019