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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : FreeImage vulnerabilities (USN-4529-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 140729

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4529-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly handled certain memory

 operations. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted TIFF file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause a heap buffer overflow,

 resulting in a denial of service attack. (CVE-2019-12211)

 It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly processed images under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted TIFF file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a stack

 exhaustion condition, resulting in a denial of service attack.

 (CVE-2019-12213)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4529-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140729

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4529-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/22/2020

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreeimage-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreeimageplus3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreeimage3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libfreeimageplus-dev

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2019

Reference Information

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

USN: 4529-1