Debian DLA-2584-1 : libcaca security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 147176

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

A buffer overflow issue in caca_resize function in libcaca/caca/canvas.c may lead to local execution of arbitrary code in the user context.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 0.99.beta19-2.1~deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libcaca packages.

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

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 caca-utils, libcaca-dev, and libcaca0 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 147176

File Name: debian_DLA-2584.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/8/2021

Updated: 1/12/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3410

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcaca-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcaca0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:caca-utils

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: 3/7/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3410

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