Debian DLA-2518-1 : cairo security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 144762

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

LibreOffice slideshow aborts with stack smashing in cairo’s composite_boxes.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.14.8-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your cairo packages.

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

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: 144762

File Name: debian_DLA-2518.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/6/2021

Updated: 3/29/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-35492

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:libcairo-gobject2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcairo-script-interpreter2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcairo2-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcairo2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcairo2-udeb, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcairo2-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cairo-perf-utils

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-35492

Detections

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