Debian DLA-2775-1 : plib - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 153841

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2775 advisory.

- In Plib through 1.85, there is an integer overflow vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability is found in ssgLoadTGA() function in src/ssg/ssgLoadTGA.cxx file.
(CVE-2021-38714)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the plib packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.5-7+deb9u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/plib

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2775

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-38714

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/plib

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153841

File Name: debian_DLA-2775.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/2/2021

Updated: 11/29/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-38714

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:libplib1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libplib-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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: 10/2/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-38714