Debian DSA-4593-1 : freeimage - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 132424

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was found that freeimage, a graphics library, was affected by the following two security issues :

- CVE-2019-12211 Heap buffer overflow caused by invalid memcpy in PluginTIFF. This flaw might be leveraged by remote attackers to trigger denial of service or any other unspecified impact via crafted TIFF data.

- CVE-2019-12213 Stack exhaustion caused by unwanted recursion in PluginTIFF. This flaw might be leveraged by remote attackers to trigger denial of service via crafted TIFF data.

Solution

Upgrade the freeimage packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 3.18.0+ds2-1+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 132424

File Name: debian_DSA-4593.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/30/2019

Updated: 4/2/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12211

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:freeimage, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/27/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12211, CVE-2019-12213

DSA: 4593

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