A flaw was found in libcaca v0.99.beta19. A buffer overflow issue in caca_resize function in libcaca/caca/canvas.c may lead to local execution of arbitrary code in the user context.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202402-19 (libcaca: Arbitary Code Execution)

  - A flaw was found in libcaca v0.99.beta19. A buffer overflow issue in caca_resize function in     libcaca/caca/canvas.c may lead to local execution of arbitrary code in the user context. (CVE-2021-3410)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3428-1 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in libcaca v0.99.beta19. A buffer overflow issue in caca_resize function in     libcaca/caca/canvas.c may lead to local execution of arbitrary code in the user context. (CVE-2021-3410)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3400-1 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in libcaca v0.99.beta19. A buffer overflow issue in caca_resize function in     libcaca/caca/canvas.c may lead to local execution of arbitrary code in the user context. (CVE-2021-3410)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0754-1 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in libcaca. A heap buffer overflow in export.c in function export_tga might lead to     memory corruption and other potential consequences. (CVE-2021-30498)

  - A flaw was found in libcaca. A buffer overflow of export.c in function export_troff might lead to memory     corruption and other potential consequences. (CVE-2021-30499)

  - A flaw was found in libcaca v0.99.beta19. A buffer overflow issue in caca_resize function in     libcaca/caca/canvas.c may lead to local execution of arbitrary code in the user context. (CVE-2021-3410)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4921-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

A buffer overflow issue in caca_resize function in libcaca/caca/canvas.c may lead to local execution of arbitrary code in the user context.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 0.99.beta19-2.1~deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libcaca packages.

For the detailed security status of libcaca please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libcaca

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
190671	GLSA-202402-19 : libcaca: Arbitary Code Execution	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
165557	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : libcaca (SUSE-SU-2022:3428-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
165486	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libcaca (SUSE-SU-2022:3400-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
158750	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : libcaca (SUSE-SU-2022:0754-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
148856	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : libcaca vulnerability (USN-4921-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
147176	Debian DLA-2584-1 : libcaca security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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