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Debian DLA-3179-1 : pixman - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 167053

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3179 advisory.

 - In libpixman in Pixman before 0.42.2, there is an out-of-bounds write (aka heap-based buffer overflow) in rasterize_edges_8 due to an integer overflow in pixman_sample_floor_y. (CVE-2022-44638)

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 pixman packages.

For Debian 10 Buster, this problem has been fixed in version 0.36.0-1+deb10u1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-3179

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-44638

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/pixman

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167053

File Name: debian_DLA-3179.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2022

Updated: 12/8/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-44638

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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpixman-1-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpixman-1-0

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: 11/7/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-44638