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GLSA-202208-07 : LibRaw: Stack buffer overread

high Nessus Plugin ID 163978

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202208-07 (LibRaw: Stack buffer overread)

 - Libraw before 0.20.1 has a stack buffer overflow via LibRaw::identify_process_dng_fields in identify.cpp.
 (CVE-2020-24870)

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

Solution

All LibRaw users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=media-libs/libraw-0.20.2

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-07

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=793956

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 163978

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202208-07.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 8/10/2022

Updated: 8/10/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-24870

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libraw, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-24870