Debian DLA-2851-1 : libextractor - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 156314

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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-2851 advisory.

- GNU Libextractor through 1.9 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the function EXTRACTOR_dvi_extract_method in plugins/dvi_extractor.c. (CVE-2019-15531)

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 libextractor packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 156314

File Name: debian_DLA-2851.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/27/2021

Updated: 12/27/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-15531

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libextractor3, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libextractor-dbg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libextractor-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:extract

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/26/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15531

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