Debian DSA-4910-1 : libimage-exiftool-perl - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 149218

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in libimage-exiftool-perl, a library and program to read and write meta information in multimedia files, which may result in execution of arbitrary code if a malformed DjVu file is processed.

Solution

Upgrade the libimage-exiftool-perl packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 11.16-1+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 149218

File Name: debian_DSA-4910.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/3/2021

Updated: 7/25/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-22204

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libimage-exiftool-perl

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: 5/2/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2021

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 12/1/2021

Exploitable With

Metasploit (ExifTool DjVu ANT Perl injection)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-22204

DSA: 4910

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