Debian DSA-4058-1 : optipng - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 105119

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Synopsis

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

Description

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in optipng, an advanced PNG optimizer, which may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed file is processed.

Solution

Upgrade the optipng packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 0.7.5-1+deb8u2.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.7.6-1+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105119

File Name: debian_DSA-4058.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/11/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000229, CVE-2017-16938

DSA: 4058

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