Debian DLA-2438-1 : raptor2 security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 142634

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there were two heap overflow vulnerabilities in raptor2, a set of parsers for RDF files that is used, amongst others, in LibreOffice.

For Debian 9 'Stretch', this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.14-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your raptor2 packages.

For the detailed security status of raptor2 please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/raptor2

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142634

File Name: debian_DLA-2438.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/9/2020

Updated: 2/9/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18926

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:raptor2-utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libraptor2-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libraptor2-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libraptor2-0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libraptor2-0-dbg

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: 11/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18926

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