Debian DSA-3950-1 : libraw - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 102630

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Hossein Lotfi and Jakub Jirasek from Secunia Research have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in LibRaw, a library for reading RAW images.
An attacker could cause a memory corruption leading to a DoS (Denial of Service) with craft KDC or TIFF file.

Solution

Upgrade the libraw packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 0.16.0-9+deb8u3.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.17.2-6+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 102630

File Name: debian_DSA-3950.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/22/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libraw, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6886, CVE-2017-6887

DSA: 3950

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