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Debian DSA-464-1 : gdk-pixbuf - broken image handling

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15301

Synopsis

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

Description

Thomas Kristensen discovered a vulnerability in gdk-pixbuf (binary package libgdk-pixbuf2), the GdkPixBuf image library for Gtk, that can cause the surrounding application to crash. To exploit this problem, a remote attacker could send a carefully-crafted BMP file via mail, which would cause e.g. Evolution to crash but is probably not limited to Evolution.

Solution

Upgrade the libgdk-pixbuf2 package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17.0-2woody1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-464

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15301

File Name: debian_DSA-464.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gdk-pixbuf, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0111

BID: 9842

DSA: 464