Debian DLA-2439-1 : libexif security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 142623

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

In libexif/exif-entry.c, through libexif 0.6.21-2+deb9u4, compiler optimization could remove a buffer overflow check, making a buffer overflow possible with some EXIF tags.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.21-2+deb9u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your libexif packages.

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

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.

Solution

Upgrade the affected libexif-dev, and libexif12 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 142623

File Name: debian_DLA-2439.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/9/2020

Updated: 11/20/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-0452

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libexif12, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libexif-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-0452

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